Today I am honored to have Tierney James as my guest. Tierney writes those books you stay up late to read. Take a few minutes and learn about the lady behind Lipstick and Danger.
![Dark Side of Morning (Wind Dancer Book 1) by [James, Tierney]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51lAN60L4pL.jpg)
I love museums, especially those dedicated natural
history. One of my favorite subjects concerns Native Americans. That’s probably
because my parents and grandparents took me to the Smokey Mountains when I was
thirteen. Having grown up in Illinois I’d never seen the mountains and
certainly never any Native Americans. Once on the Qualla Reservation of the
Cherokee People, among the beautiful mountains and streams, I felt I had been
transported to Nirvana. It was then that my grandfather led me to speak to an
elderly Cherokee man that spoke little English. I was introduced to him and I
swear his warm smile touched me all the way to my bones. He spoke in their
native tongue as he laid a hand on my shoulder. Something magical happened
inside me. My whole being changed in a flash.
Years later I student taught on that same
reservation in a fourth grade classroom. I lived in a Cherokee Children’s Home
and had nine little sisters, that to this day, I love very much. Some I’ve
managed to stay in touch with over the years. My life turned yet another
corner. I didn’t have a car so I rode the bus with the students each day. There
are a lot of funny stories about a mid-western white girl plunged into an
amazing culture that enriched my life.
Which brings me to writing. Dark Side of Morning involves a Pawnee culture from 200 years ago.
The twist is that it comes knocking on 2017 with some disastrous results. Can
you imagine stepping through a portal into another universe? What would be
different? Here is a snippet of what to expect.
Dr.
Cleopatra Sommers never came to terms with her father’s disappearance at the
Museum of Natural History in Chicago. He had been a Native American scholar
that explored avenues of unexplained spiritual paths in their cultures. The museum had been her home and playground
growing up where her father spent long hours working. She was always drawn to
one display case holding a mannequin of a Pawnee Indian. There was no way she
could know he watched her all those years until the night he crossed over to
find her.
Detective
Jacque Marquette suspected the beautiful doctor of stealing priceless artifacts
from a Native American exhibit. He realized after meeting his identical twin
from another time and place, Dr. Sommers might not be as crazy as he initially
thought. The layers of concern for his city begin to stack up as he is caught
between culture and the Pentagon. Only with the help of a Pawnee warrior from
two hundred years ago, can save his city from a deadly disease brought in from
a parallel universe.
Wind
Dancer had loved the little girl who grew up before him for years. When he
decided to cross over to prevent his enemy from finding Dr. Sommers, the
bombardment of changes forced him to rely on the ways of the past to survive.
Navigating the future proves to be complicated as he teams up with a grumpy
detective to hunt down a common enemy. No one expected
the price to be sacrificing Dr. Sommers to the Morning Star in order to avert
disaster.
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