Cold River Rising: A Native American Mystery and Thriller Series (Cold River Series Book 1)

IF YOU LIKE 'SURVIVAL' - THE #1 BESTSELLING COLD RIVER RISING IS A MUST READ! A Political Action Thriller by #1 Amazon bestselling author Enes Smith. The screenplay for a feature film is complete! Cold River Rising is a story of Native American college student Tara REd Eagle, a tribal member who has the uncanny ability of a Shaman - she can sketch events before they happen. The gift fails to help her when she is taken hostage with other students on a trip to Peru. On the Cold River Indian Reservation of Oregon, her grandfather Bluefeathers tries to get help from the U.S. government. When the government refuses, for aversion to an international upset, Bluefeathers makes an impassioned speech to the U.S. Senate and proclaims the Indians are warriors once again. He declares war on the nation of Peru. Bluefeathers sends an unlikely war party of a new Siyapu ('White Man) police chief and two tribal police officers, Lori and Hawk, to rescue the students. He closes the borders and calls on the other Indian nations to the United States to join them. In Peru, one of Tara's friends is killed. Tara becomes distraught because she can't remember the "old ways" and how to dress the body. Enraged, she picks up a rifle in the middle of the night and runs to avenge her friend. While students race to stay alive in a foreign land, Martin, Hawk, and Lori fight battles of their own on their way to find them. The Cold River Rising novels are stories of a people coming together to survive, of learning to be warriors once again. Enes Smith is a former tribal chief of police for a large Indian reservation. Cold River Rising and the Cold River series, has been an Amazon #1 bestseller. His books have sold over 1 million copies. Of his first novel, Fatal Flowers (Berkley) renowned crime writer Ann Rule said, "Smith is a cop who's been there and a writer on his way straight up. Read this on a night when you don't need to sleep, 'cause you won't." "While on a spring break from college, Native American Tara Eagle was kidnapped in a foreign land. She and her friends struggle for survival, first against terrorists, and then against the army. Her relatives become frustrated, and then angry at the slow response from the United States Government. There are over five hundred Indian tribes recognized by Congress. In modern times a group of Indians used their sovereignty for something other than a casino. The Cold River Indian Nation of Oregon declared war on a foreign country. They were joined by others."--Page 4 of cover.