Nine-year-old Jason Quinn is blind. While visiting a remote Adirondack lodge, he is spellbound by the haunting call of a phantom white wolf. It is a wild, seductive cry only he can hear. A grizzled mountain guide, a Mohawk holy man and an angelic wandered lead Jason on a mystical vision quest. SPIRT WOLF reaches a thundering climax Christmas Day when the call of the wild flows from the mountains and surrounds Jason with its magic.Raven An Adirondack odyssey across time and space.
2107 A.D. THE FINAL DAYS OF THE ADIRONDACK PARK. In exchange for billions in defaulted bonds, the bankrupt State of New York is about to transfer four million acres of Adirondack Park land to a development consortium of Chinese and Saudi banks. Catastrophic climate change and collapse of the debt driven U.S. economy have devastated the dream that was America. But when a twenty-second-century adventurer discovers he is lost in the Adirondacks— and it is 1832—there is hope that America has one last chance to get it right, before everything goes terribly wrong.
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There you can order signed, personalized copies of my books with free shipping and handling.Mark W. Holdren has roamed the Adirondack North Country of Upstate New York for more than half a century. His first novel, Spirit Wolf, an Adirondack best-seller, was published in 2004. His second work, The Raven, was published in 2007. An award-winning newspaper features writer, Holdren’s work has been honored by the Associated Press and New York State Newspaper Publishers Association. His stage credits include roles in Inherit the Wind and Our Town at Rochester’s Geva Theatre Center.
“I’ve enjoyed some exciting adventures, white-water rafting through the Grand Canyon, fly fishing the great rivers of the West, hiking in Montana, Colorado, Wyoming and Arizona and kayaking across the Gulf of Alaska,†Holdren says, “yet the Adirondacks retains its mystical hold on me. Paddling a remote lake, or climbing in the High Peaks, there’s a magical connection between the beauty of wild, unspoiled places and a power greater than our own.â€
Mark W. Holdren was born in Pittsburgh, PA, in 1942. Raised in suburban Rochester, NY, he graduated from Brighton High School in 1960 and Ithaca College in 1965. After working as a newspaper reporter, Holdren joined the marketing staff at Rochester’s Genesee Brewing Company where he worked for 32-years. He retired in 1999 as vice president-marketing services and turned his full attention to creative writing. He resides on the banks of the historic Erie Canal in Fairport, NY.
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