The Healing Waters Of Cacique Spring

About the Book

Young New Mexico archaeology professor Buck Tyler is a media-hound, pot-hunter, and womanizer. When a grizzled publisher of treasure-hunting stories hires him to persuade an group of psychic forensic investigators to use their powers to locate ancient Anasazi healing sites, they are joined by beautiful Pueblo Indian psychic-touch-reader Sharon Hightower on an expedition to a tiny village in southern New Mexico. There they discover the record of a tale of betrayal, murder, a wrongfully-acquired Indian healing spring, and an Anasazi ceremonial cave. When it becomes apparent that someone among the principals is involved in that long-past deception, they must discover the shaman's mystic secret to survive.

About the Author

James was born Aquarius 1943, raised in southern New Mexico, son of a rocket engineer and an artist. In high school a science-fair winner, and thespian, he became a winning swimmer, gymnast, and martial artist in college. After two years at remote New Mexico Tech studying geophysics, he entered Marine Corps jet pilot training, and eventually served as a helicopter gunship pilot with the 101st Airborne in Viet Nam, where he was highly decorated, including the Distinguished Flying Cross, but drummed out for smoking marijuana. [The novel SACRIFICES is about this time.] After going from the DMZ to Woodstock in 1969, James tuned in, turned on, dropped out, and moved to the ghost town of Jerome, Arizona to write. Three quick divorces. Sex, drugs, rock'n'roll, and religion. Psychedelics, Scientology, Wicca, Tao, and Jesus. Folk music composer, actor, singer, playwright, TV show host, occult publisher's editorial assistant, and founder of The Scribes Of Osiris. [The novel LOST ILLUSIONS is about this time.] In 1980 he returned to his home town Las Cruces, and worked various jobs raising daughter Nieve (politics and finance) and son Nathan (art and music). James now lives in Las Vegas, where he is writing another novel, MERLINSPAWN, about being a dope runner pilot, and sports book bet runner.