Sign of the Anasazi (Dov Bar-Lev Series #2) Book

Mariah had enjoyed, even reveled in the fact that her job was the first line of defense in keeping the small community safe and to be honest, her arrest record was paper proof that she was darn good at her job. Then one evening as she was at her post, a light blinked signaling trouble. She followed the light to a list telling her where the trouble was located. It was her home! Mariah naturally was frightened for her children when she heard a voice come from the speakers whispering, "We're taking the children. They'll be returned when and if you deliver your father-the professor. We'll be in touch." And then all was silent. This is where it all began with FBI agent Keenan Darstow and the search for her children Brittany and Jacob.

As the story unwinds the author takes us around the world to meet up with characters in their own element who will add suspense and eventually either aid or hinder Mariah and Darstow's attempts to find her father and children. They meet Andrew, an up and coming young reporter who finds himself writing for a trashy tabloid when he actually dreams of a legitimate writing job with a decent paycheck. Thomas Kuzmic, another character had served for 7 years as an FBI agent with a specialty for counterintelligence and hostage rescue teams.

One of the first people to give them insight into the Professor is Trixie Pentov who shows them a necklace made of fine turquoise sent to her by the Professor Marcus Aaron, Mariah's father. She explains that it was sent to her and she interpreted it as a love note, that the Professor would come to her but that after three years she doesn't know why it was sent.

And so the story begins. Filled with intrigue,, speculation of all sorts as to where the Anasazi fit into the story, why the professor is sending "signs" to those he loves and of course, where the children are being kept. This book keeps the reader on point the entire read. It is a book that is hard to put down once picked up. And during its amazing even unbelievable twists and turns the reader finds questions such as "could this really happen?" come to mind on more than one occasion.

A book filled with characters such as Andrew Sawyer, and Old Vic round quite nicely the storyline and add much needed details that the reader must absorb to fully enjoy this trip into a world where anything is possible when searching for the Professor.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in the Anasazi tribe who had resided in the Chaco Canyon region for approximately 7,000 years, left without a trace in approximately 1300 baffling those who have studied them for years without knowing why or how they came to leave such an elaborate colony and where they then settled. It is a book that gives the reader another mystery to solve and some questions as to what is real and what has been kept from the populace by the powers that be. There is much out there, the book implies that the common man does not know and perhaps, after reading this book, I have come to the belief, we were simply not meant to be more informed than we have been in the past. Perhaps it is not out of malice, perhaps it is for our own good. Read this heart stopping, mind turning book and decide for yourself if what the author has written is plausible or not. I for one, look at things a bit differently now even though this book is a work of fiction for it has given my imagination free rein to believe the impossible and hope as well, all mixed together with a story that kept me reading well into the night until I turned the final page.