Legend of the Dead

The Sheriff Lansing Mysteries, Book 1

By: Micah S. Hackler

Narrated by: Eric G. Dove

A thousand years ago a people’s blood was shed on this parched earth. Now the dying has begun again.

High on a desert ridge, The Watcher awaits....

The body in the arroyo belonged to a man who’d made his living plundering ancient Indian sites. And the only witness to the crime would not change his story: a demon had killed his friend.

Sheriff Cliff Lansing has an unexplained death on his hands, and it’s only the beginning. In Las Palmas, New Mexico, a US senator is on his way to meet a Zuni shaman who is holding up a land swap involving 150,000 acres in New Mexico and Arizona. Backed by a powerful businessman, the senator intends to push the deal through. But in a long, dark night on the high desert, he is led into a storm of violence and shame.

Now Sheriff Lansing is headed out to the Anasazi Strip, where the truth awaits him—in the swirling dust of magic, greed, and murder.

©2019 Micah S. Hackler (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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I would never have considered this series even though I loved the early Hillerman years. This series gets better with each installment. It differs from others because the Mysticism is real. Give it a try, you won't be sorry.

nearly ruined by narrator

It was difficult to get through the story because of horrible narration...but the story was good. I would read more by the author in hard copy.

Another narrator ruins the story

A good narrator can save a marginal story but a bad one ruins it all. Could have been enjoyable but listening to what sounds like a forced voice that reports more than narrates with real emotion leaves this story drowning. Character didn’t sound like an Indian, everyone sounded alike. Ugh

Could have been a great book

It had a good premise- I did learn a lot about the Indian culture and beliefs.... but I lost interest. It was more like a political story than any else.

Great story, not the right narrator.

This is a really good story but the narrator is not right for this series. I will continue to listen, but someone less TV announcery would really set this off. Here's hoping for a change in narrators!