The Next Skywatcher: Prequel to The Last Skywatcher Triple Trilogy Series

by Jeff Posey

Warning! This story contains graphic violence including cannibalism. Set in 1057 A.D. among the Anasazi of the American Southwest. Raised by his beloved Sky Chief grandfather and a mysterious albino woman, Tuwa expects to become the next skywatcher. When a strange star appears in the sky, so bright it shines during the day, the High Priest, backed by ultraviolent warriors from the South, demands blood sacrifice. Tuwa’s grandfather, a vocal opponent of the foreigners, is murdered in a public ceremony, cooked, and served to the stunned crowd. Next in line are Tuwa’s adopted mother and the girl he loves, Chumana. Unable to watch, Tuwa flees in a blind panic into dark wilderness where he’s rescued by a long-distance trader who collects orphans to protect him and carry his goods. Three years later, Tuwa returns with his hardened band of orphans intent upon revenge—only to discover that the stakes are much higher than he had imagined. Mere revenge may not be enough.

244 pages, Paperback

Published June 11, 2015

About the author

Jeff Posey has a geology degree and worked as a petroleum geologist before he discovered the world of words.

Since then, he's been city editor of a metropolitan magazine, fiction editor for a national magazine, and then stumbled on his own ignorance: about business. So he earned an MBA, thinking that would solve everything. Ha! But it did give him the ability to see things that had been invisible before, such as how business and money truly work.

Now he writes short stories and novels, most of them inspired by his nearly two decades of research and fascination with ancient Southwest cultures (mainly the good ol’ Anasazi) and tied to his favorite area in and around Pagosa Springs, Colorado.

You’ll see allusions to the ancient ones in all of his work, which he describes as rather like a huge ongoing meta-novel.

To learn more, see http://JeffPosey.net/.