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The crows who guard Liverpool, Nova Scotia sense danger, but they can't spot the source. The threat seems to come from everywhere and nowhere. They need help from Alex, their chosen one, before things get out of hand. Other players are active, some to counter an evil and some to extend it.

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Vernon Oickle has done it again. The prolific Liverpool-based writer has come up with yet another suspenseful mystery set along Nova Scotia's South Shore. Like all the other books in his ""crow"" mystery series, this one also involves a murder of raven-coloured, avian sleuths. And, to be sure, a fascinating cast of human characters. At the heart of the story is a serious health crisis in the local community, which has to be solved. Most importantly, Oickle's latest tale keeps readers turning the pages until they get to the end. - A. J. B. Johnston, author of Into the Wind and the Thomas Pichon novels Vernon Oickle has produced another of his tightly-plotted, fast-paced novels that not only captures the true spirit of Nova Scotia but addresses critical environmental issues and the necessity of every Canadian to be vigilant and active in protecting our natural world and the creatures living in it. - Lesley Choyce, author of No More Fridays

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Vernon Oickle was born and raised in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, where he continues to reside with his wife, Nancy, and their family. Growing up in a small, rural town, he had always wanted to pursue a career as a newspaper reporter. After completing high school in 1979, he attended Lethbridge Community College in Alberta. He graduated in 1982 with an honours diploma in Journalism and returned to Liverpool, where he worked at the local weekly newspaper, The Advance, for 13 years before becoming the editor of the Bridgewater Bulletin. His community newspaper career spanned 33 years. Vernon is an award-winning journalist and editor, and is the author of 49 books, many of which collect and preserve the heritage and culture of Atlantic Canada. His best-selling books include Ghost Stories of the Maritimes, Ghost Stories of Nova Scotia, The Nova Scotia Outstanding Outhouse Reader, Strange Nova Scotia, The Bluenosers' Book of Slang, Red Sky at Night, Forerunners: Harbingers of Death in Nova Scotia, Grandma's Home Remedies and The View from Here: South Shore essays. He also writes fiction in the popular ""Crows"" series, based on the old Maritime poem 'One Crow Sorrow.' In 2024, the seventh book in the series, Seven Crows for a Secret Yet to be Told, won an International Impact Book Award, taking first place in the Historical Mystery/Thriller category. In addition to his long list of newspaper awards, in 2012 Vernon received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, recognizing his contributions to his community, province and country; and in 2015 he received a Distinguished Alumni Award (Community Leader) from Lethbridge College. He was inducted into the Atlantic Journalism Awards Hall of Fame in the spring of 2020. As a testimony to his outstanding career, in 2014 the South Queens Middle School in Liverpool announced the creation of the Vernon Oickle Writer's Award, to be given annually to a student who excels in the art of writing, either fiction or nonfiction.

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