Doug Hocking releases new historical novel

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Published: 17 December 2014 17 December 2014

Author, Doug Hocking, has completed his second historical novel, Mystery of Chaco Canyon, a mystery and a love story set against the background of the American Civil War in the Southwest. Ten years after the events described in Massacre at Point of Rocks, Dan and Roque joined by Doña Loca and Jicarilla Apache, Peregrino Rojo, are set on a quest by a dying Masonic brother. Along the way they must solve the real mysteries of the Los Lunas Decalogue Stone, Chaco Canyon, Chimney Rocks, Rough Hurech's Grave and the Silverbell Artifacts. The mysteries are real, the solutions novel. The enemies who pursue them are real, the battles are real. The DaVinci Code meets the Wild West. Available on Amazon and at www.doughocking.com and in all ebook formats from Book Baby, $18.95 and $6.99.

Doug says, "they didn't ask me why I write historical fiction (westerns), so I don't have to lie. My answer would have reflected all the elements shared by other Western Writers. I was born, though I seldom admit it, near New York City, and dropped off on an Indian Reservation in New Mexico to grow up in a land stuck in the 19th century. I loved it and still do."

I'm offering Free gift wrapping until Christmas. If you order before Christmas from my web site, you're book will come gift-wrapped. http://shop.doughocking.com/ You might want to get some Mimbres Notecards to use for thank you notes. They come 10 to a pack.

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