The Maumee Mauler: An Ohio Frontier Classic (Raising Cain Book 4)

Ohio history and adventure collide in Book #4 of Gerald L. Guy’s Ohio Frontier Adventure series, “Raising Cain.”
Abraham Sanders thought he had shed the horrors that haunted him for years after the death of his best friend at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. Nichan and her Ottawa family helped him heal in the wilds of the Northwest Territory. He felt whole again
Then, after an overnight hunting trip, he and his female partner returned to a nightmare. Evil had visited their Eagle Creek lodge and left grandparents, Uma and Musati, bludgeoned to death.
Both Sanders and Nichan are enraged. Once they deal with the spiritual ascension of the elderly couple, their hearts turn dark and cold. Thoughts of vengeance stir just below the surface as they prepare to leave Ohio’s northland in pursuit of the killers.
For Sanders, the blood-thirsty demons of his past beckon. He does not know how long he will be able to restrain the rage of the “Maumee Mauler” who wreaked havoc in the legendary battle of 1794. The killing machine he thought he had banished is fueled by anger and hatred for those who took the innocent lives of loved ones.
Nichan has never killed before. Now, it is all that fills her thoughts as she and Abram, the name she calls her partner, pursue the men who slayed the people she loved. Revenge pulls at her heart and soul.
Neither Nichan nor Sanders know the identity of the killers. Locating the perpetrators will not be easy in the burgeoning settlement of Marietta, which welcomes new arrivals daily. Only the footprints of the murderers will reveal who they are. One is large and the other is small. Finding the murderers rests on a nick in the heelprint of the large man’s boot that was left at the scene of the crime.
With the help of Billy Cain, an exhaustive search provides a single lead. The murderous duo might be two brothers who were recently hired at a nearby farm and brewery. Sanders has no choice. He infiltrates the Lazy A operation in search of the one-of-a-kind heelprint.
Many questions remain. Can a single heelprint lead them to the killers? If Abe finds the murders will he be able to silence the mental demons who lust for blood so Nichan can share in the satisfaction that accompanies restitution? Does the warrior blood of her grandfather flow through the body of the Ottawa beauty? Is Nichan’s hatred strong enough to fuel her desire to kill?Can she take a human life? In the end, will taking justice in their own hands make fugitives of the loving couple?
“The Maumee Mauler” is a study in resolve and determination in a wilderness land that is fraught with danger and daily battles for survival. Can good triumph over evil?
(Watch for “Sting of Death,” Book #5 in the highly regarded Raising Cain series this fall.)