C R Strahan

Watercolor C R Strahan

Publisher Marketing: Graylin Wakefield, deposed 'It Boy' of Seattle's tech world, is missing. An expert backcountry hiker, Wakefield has done something completely out of character-he's gone on a wilderness trek alone. His 10-year-old daughter is worried sick; his 14-year-old is worried she won't get a car at 16. His ex-wife is furious-there's finally an offer on one of their properties and she can't close the deal without him. His powerhouse ex-father-in-law can't wait to prove him dead; his brother regrets their rift; his father is in denial. His mother-descended of Lakota healers-is certain her son will return. None of them can find him. Wakefield has disappeared along a mysterious river with no known location. The sun is setting in the East, time is shifting backwards. He's pushed by an unseen force into running for his life down a haunting canyon. Struggling for breath above a thundering waterfall, Wakefield suddenly crosses the border of known reality into a world of hellish desolation and divine beauty. He knows he's on a journey of discovery, but-is it real? Has he crossed over? And if he has, will he ever be allowed to come back? In their desperate quests to find him, everyone searching for Graylin Wakefield will instead find something unexpected within themselves. Watercolor draws Past into Present and Spirit into Flesh through a fast-paced, feel-good thriller. Transformation can come in the mysterious guise of shape-shifting, or through a simple change of mind. Contributor Bio:  Strahan, C R Artist & Writer C R Strahan has studied Wyoming history for more than two decades and was research assistant to the late frontier historian Thomas M. Tisdale, whose ancestors fought on both sides of Wyoming's Cattle War and are the subject of The Roan Maverick. Strahan has lived in the American West from New Mexico to the Pacific Northwest, with a quarter century in Colorado. She writes of conflict and controversy on the canvas of the western landscape, painting stories of family where money meets nature, cultures collide, and personal values are called into question. The Roan Maverick has received uncommon praise from the descendents of both sides of that historical insurrection known as the Johnson County Range War. C R Strahan has eight years of higher education in Humanities, with emphasis in English & Literature, Fine Art, History, and Business Administration. She is descended from Cowboys & Indians; Ranchers & Sodbusters; Builders & Artists-and independent women ahead of their time. She currently resides in the Montana.