Zuni police chief Pasquaanti sets out to find Ernesto Cata, while Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police tracks down George Bowlegs. Two Native American boys-one Zuni, one Navajo-have vanished, leaving only a pool of blood on the New Mexico earth. Like myths, they keep evolving with the telling.'- NYTBR Set in the Four Corners region of New Mexico and Arizona, they reflect a deep appreciation of the natural wonders of the Southwest, its cultures, and its people. Shalako- means the courier between mankind and the gods.A Grand Master and the 1988 president of the Mystery Writers of America, Tony Hillerman remains best known for his Edgar and Anthony Award-winning series of mysteries featuring Joe Leaphorn or Jim Chee (or both) of the Navajo Tribal Police.Baker: federal drug enforcement agent, or “narc”.John O’Malley: FBI agent, whom Leaphorn considers to be typical of all FBI agents.Halsey: leader of Jason’s Fleece, the Hippie commune where Susanne lives when the story opens.Father Ingles: Franciscan priest at the Saint Anthony’s Mission School which all three boys attended.Chester Reynolds: Professor of Anthropology and graduate advisor to Isaacs, an academic with a strong reputation and too much ambition.Ted Isaacs: graduate student of anthropology, excavating Professor Reynold’s Folsom sites.Susanne: a caring young woman, friend of George Bowlegs, living in a Hippie commune at the start of the novel, left school in the 10th grade, about 17 or 18 years old in the story.Shorty Bowlegs: father of George and Cecil, serious alcoholic who does not provide well for his sons.He skips school some days to hunt for food for his family. George Bowlegs: young Navajo boy at the mainly Zuni school, 14 years old, friend of Cata and older brother of Cecil, considered strange as he wants to be a Zuni when he is a Navajo, but also a mystic, one who sought God.Cecil Bowlegs: George Bowlegs’ younger brother, 11 years old.Ernesto Cata: young Zuni boy, 12 years old, follows both Catholic and Zuni practices.Ed Pasquaanti: chief of the Zuni tribal police.Joe Leaphorn: Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant man with strong skills in tracking people.

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