Rogue Lightning

Spirit Animal #5

by Barbara Neville

A feisty cowgirl with a snarky mouth and dead on shooting skills meets a new challenge.
Trouble with the law. Falsely accused, with no way out, Annie’s still wanted. The challenge must be faced.
They barely survived the ambush. Fortunately, the bad guys didn’t.
Only Hoss, her dog, knows the truth.
And the new guy? Brutal. He’s definitely not her type.
A new sniper? Vegas hasn’t heard from Reno. He comes looking. And he’s pissed.
Can Annie and the boys recover their cattle money? It’s an entire year’s worth of work.
A simple wilderness ranch life can get complicated, even in the 27th century; especially when you can travel through time and space.
Is Annie tough enough to take it?
“Rogue Lightning” is the fifth standalone book in the Barbara Neville’s Western science fiction Spirit Animal series. Annie has three hot lovers now.
How’s that for fun?

312 pages, Paperback

First published November 25, 2015

About the author

2015 NaNoWriMo winner and prolific author; rustic western visionary Barbara Neville is an Arizona rancher and outdoorswoman, who writes what she knows. Her future worlds and historic past are set firmly in a longstanding tradition of caring for the land while living off of it. Cowhand, rancher, adventurer, prospector, artist and author of numerous books in the Spirit Animal series featuring Annie Many Horses. Neville writes of a speculative future, and the historic past, based on her real life experience. Her cats attend her writing sessions, preferring to lay on the keyboard. She ranches with goats, horses, guineas, peafowl, chickens, turkeys and Pyrenees livestock guardian dogs. Her dogs, goats and horses have fictional counterparts who appear in the pages of her books. She has led an unusual life of adventure, much of it off-grid.
Barb is descended from a long line of adventurous folk. Cowboys, ranchers, prospectors, settlers, homesteaders and more. She carries on the long tradition of taking the road less traveled. Her fictional world draws heavily on her own life and the people, places and experiences of previous generations.
Barb has been a rancher, horse trainer, cowhand, prospector, construction laborer, tree planter and a deckhand on Alaskan fishing boats. She has lived at various remote locations around the West.
She grew up an Air Force brat, living in such exotic locations as Spain and Hawaii. Thus she learned Spanish and Hawaiian Pidgin.
A one day round trip to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back afoot, and many mountain ski touring and snowshoe and hiking backpack weeks pepper her history. Surfing and snorkeling were her hobbies in Hawaii. A wilderness adventurer in many climes, she raises goats, makes her own cheese & rides the world's greatest horses one of whom made the cover of 'On the Rocks'.

Reviews

[Barbara Neville · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like this one. Books one and two in the Spirit Animal series provide a great background, but book three, "Cowgirls Rock", really ramps up the action. I added third person chapters for some intriguing new characters. I'm also finding my author voice. I think that starting with Cowgirls Rock and then going back for the world-building background could be a good way to go. However, if you are like me and prefer to read books in a linear fashion to avoid spoilers, read "On the Rocks", then ""Cowgirls Just Wanna Have Fun", but remember they get a lot better. With each new book, I am honing my writing skills and bringing depth to my characters. No matter what order you choose to read them in, I would love to have you along for the ride. Enjoy.

[Barbara Neville · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like this one!

[Barbara Neville · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like it. I really, really like it.