Fabled Indian medicine men were rumored to possess the power to become one with animals, read auras, cure sickness, and slow time enough to make enemies literally seem to freeze. Working with this concept, Mataka is a terrifying contemporary thriller about Indian folklore involving the spirit world and the endless war between good and evil. Derek Johnson, by age twenty-four, has become a self-taught archaeologist, supplementing his labor income by finding and selling Indian artifacts. Derek and his psychotic rival, Ben Thomas, accidentally release the life forces of two ancient medicine men, brothers Mataka and Senrope. Using Derek and his love interest, Pat Brinn, as human hosts, Mataka tries to stop his brother. Senrope, who is in control of Ben and his ruthless partner, Julie Hampton, must be stopped from releasing the Dark One and Chera, the flesh-eater, upon the world. Join Derek as he enters the A a�ECircle of StonesA a�a on his vision quest. Evil cannot be allowed to conquer.