I have completed the first draft of Chapter Nine of my new novel Thundering Hooves. Even though I’m no longer publishing the book chapter by chapter for technical and legal publishing reasons, I hope you enjoy this tantalizing little excerpt 🙂
Caleb exclaimed, “ I think this is it, I think we are at the summit!”
“Holy crap, we did it!”
It was an eerie scene at 14,433 feet above sea level. Sound itself struggled to survive in such thin air and deep snow. The sky was so blue it was almost black, and there was nothing in sight but snow covered peaks in all directions. On top of Colorado’s highest peak in January there was no sign of life, not even birds.
“This is amazing,” commented Angie."
“Yes it is. I’ve never experienced anything like this.”
Caleb reached into his pocket and knelt down beside Angie. She was too busy to notice until Caleb spoke her name.
“Angie!”
Of course you will have to read the book to discover the meaning of this exchange 🙂 I plan to have it published by Thanksgiving, but in the meantime you are welcome to get familiar with the characters by reading the prequel, Spirit of the Wolf.
Spirit of the Wolf is a beautiful coming of age story that begins in the Bay Area of California when photographer Caleb meets beautiful Lacey, who is putting herself through fashion school as a dancer in a local club. The two fall in love while advancing their careers, which threaten to tear them apart. As Caleb and Lacey struggle to define themselves, Caleb reads of faraway Yellowstone National Park, where another species is struggling to find it’s place in the world. In this historical fiction account of the most famous wolf of all time, learn the fate of Luna, a wolf based on the real life of Yellowstone’s Wolf 06.
Will Caleb and Lacey’s careers tear them apart and leave them heartbroken, or will their love take root in the rugged Rocky Mountain wilderness.
Steven W. Krull
Photographer and author Steve Krull has been photographing and writing about the of the Colorado Rocky Mountains and it’s amazing diversity of life for over two decades. He has published thousands of images and several books including his latest novel Spirit of the Wolf.
