St. Louis, MO — Blank Slate Press, an imprint of Amphorae Publishing Group, announces WINDIGO MOON, written by Robert Downes, will be published September 5, 2017 and is now available for pre-order at retailers and online in paperback for $17.95 and in e-book for $12.99. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, WINDIGO MOON will appeal to fans of Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear, Jean Auel, Alexander Thom, Anna Lee Waldo, and other top authors of historical fiction.
Set more than four hundred years ago among the Ojibwe Indians of the Upper Great Lakes, WINDIGO MOON centers on a blood feud between two rival warriors over the love of Ashagi, a strong-willed woman of great beauty and greater determination. As the story opens, Ashagi is abducted in a raid conducted by the Sioux, the ancestral enemies of her clan, and made a concubine of a fat, slovenly chief who already has two wives. When she is rescued by Misko, an Ojibwe youth, the two fall in love and a lifelong bond is formed. However, a rival, Nika, demands that Misko surrender Ashagi to replace his brother who was killed during a raid involving the young warriors’ two clans. As Nika’s pride and obsession with Ashagi eats away at his sanity, greater danger for the whole Ojibwe way of life creeps ever closer.
Robert Downes has been a respected journalist and historian for over 30 years. In 1991, he co-founded the Northern Express Weekly in Traverse City, Michigan, which grew into the region’s largest newspaper. He is the author of three books on hiking and travel, and frequently appears in the media to speak on travel and history. Robert is on Twitter (https://twitter.com/baddog1037) and posts regularly on his website (http://www.planetbackpacker.net/) and blog (http://www.robertdownes.com/bob-s-blog.html). Robert also posts information about WINDIGO MOON on Tumblr (https://windigomoon.tumblr.com/).