Navajo Fiction

During World War II, U.S. forces had to keep battle plans and other top secret information out of the enemy's hands. Coded messages were often used, but secret codes could be broken. To solve this problem, the U.S. military turned to an unexpected source to create an unbreakable code. The Navajo people spoke a complex language that few outsiders knew how to speak. Several Navajo soldiers were recruited to develop a code based on the Navajo language.

What happens when danger and love collide under a Navajo moon? The search for a woman who disappeared in 1906 has lead cultural anthropologist Erin Dawson to Cedar Canyon, where the iconic terrain of red rock walls and mesas keep Navajo traditions - and maybe criminal evidence - well hidden. When Erin's search leads her to cross paths with tribal policeman Adam Silverhorn, it's hardly love at first sight. But everywhere she turns, Adam is already there.

Only a few short months after humanity's first interstellar flights, the first shots have been fired in what will eventually become known as the Alliance Wars. Terran Fleet Command teeters on the edge of chaos in the aftermath of Chairwoman Crull's removal from power, while in space, Earth's defense falls squarely on the shoulders of Admiral Kevin Patterson. With only a small number of ships capable of bringing the fight to the enemy, he makes the bold decision to divide his forces, meeting the Resistance task force head-on at two separate locations.

When the lights go out and the slideshow begins, middle manager Jennifer has a disturbing vision: a headless colleague right across the boardroom table. Is it a trick of the light, or a vision of the future? She tries to brush it off and salvage the afternoon—but when her ex unexpectedly drops off her son at the office after school, suddenly her whole world takes an alarming turn.

Im Jahr 1941 entschließt sich eine Gruppe von jungen Leuten, gegen den Nationalsozialismus aufzubegehren und sich nicht dem Gleichschritt der Zeit unterzuordnen. Doch was wie der Versuch der Selbstbehauptung beginnt, entwickelt sich bald zum tödlichen Duell zwischen dem Willen zur Freiheit und der Unbarmherzigkeit von Gestapo und SA. Fliegerangriffe, lebensgefährliche Sabotageakte, Verhaftungen und Folterungen lassen den Kampf für Gerechtigkeit zum Alptraum werden, den nur wenige überleben.

When the local trader is found murdered the only clue points directly at Lucy Tallwoman. The FBI sweeps in to discover a decades-old trail of deceit and betrayal as the darker days of Lucy's past come back to haunt her. The family decides they need help . . . and fast.

A frantic young girl flees the reservation to escape the horrors of abuse at the hands of her adoptive family. Despising her white father they blame for the death of the girl's mother. The man is driven out only to be found dead along a lonely stretch of dirt road. Suffering through a long and desperate struggle on the back streets of Albuquerque, the girl somehow manages to survive, and against all odds, eventually claws her way up from the depths of degradation to a life of success beyond her wildest imagining.

An old silversmith's body is dumped along the highway, and Legal Services Investigator Charlie Yazzie isn't content to stand by while the FBI and Tribal look for clues—not when he sees his friends Thomas Begay and Harley Ponyboy sucked into a tightening web of evil.

An ancient, disabled girl holds the key to unlock two modern day murders on the Dine Bikeyah. Archeology and murder entwine in Chappell's latest Canyon Lands thriller.

An icy chill foretells a harsh winter for the Navajo people—and for perpetually down on his luck Harley Ponyboy the situation grows increasingly desperate. What evil is this that dogs his every step? When a lucky lottery ticket comes his way, Harley uses the new resources to search for a lost love—only to find she has fallen to appalling depths. His stubborn resolve to help puts him on a collision course with her abusive companion . . . and with his own mortality.

Tressa Tarango's husband lost his soul somewhere on the cold high desert of the Navajo Reservation. She doesn't know who killed him and only by venturing among warring drug cartels can she exact the revenge to pacify his restless soul. Only she can ensure Luca's troubled spirit finds peace in the underworld. Though his murderous rampage will keep him from heaven—Tressa hopes she might yet secure him a higher place in hell.

In the South Pacific in 1944 and 1945, military battles raged between the United States and Japan. Surrounded by rattling bullets and exploding bombs, a group of Navajo Marines sent secret messages back and forth. They used a code they had created from the Navajo language, a code the enemy was never able to crack. These young men had been recruited from their homes in the American Southwest. They brought with them incredible physical stamina and a language that had never been written down.

Considered one of Zane Grey's best novels, The Vanishing American was originally published in serialized form in the Ladies Home Journal in 1922. It reveals Grey's empathy for the Native American and his deep concern for the future survival of that culture.

Bei einer Verkehrskontrolle entgeht Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn von der Navajo-Police nur knapp einem Mordversuch. Während er sich bemüht, den flüchtigen Täter ausfindig zu machen, wird ihm ein neuer Fall übertragen: ein Doppelmord in einem abgelegenen Hogan. Die alte Margaret Cigaret will ihn in einer Vision vorhergesehen haben. Leaphorn folgt den verschlungenen Wegen der beiden Fälle und findet sich bald in einem Labyrinth aus Täuschungen, Widersprüchen und Geheimnissen wieder – ein Labyrinth, das ihn in eine gefährliche Richtung zwingt.

Auf den staubigen Pfaden der Black Mesa wird eine Leiche im Unterholz entdeckt, Hände und Füße geschunden. Kurz darauf wird Officer Jim Chee vor den Umrissen des Low Mountain Zeuge eines nächtlichen Flugzeugabsturzes. Eigentlich soll Chee nur einen Fall von Vandalismus aufklären, und dem zunehmenden Gerede um Hexerei in der Gegend nachgehen. Doch am Flugzeugwrack findet er etliche Spuren, die dem FBI entgangen sind. Als er den Hinweisen nachgeht, wird er vom Verfolger zum Verfolgten. Ein dunkler Wind treibt Gier und Gewalt über den Südwesten im zweiten Fall für Jim Chee.

Zu seiner Überraschung wird der junge Officer Jim Chee beim FBI angenommen, doch eigentlich will er bei der Navajo-Police bleiben und sich gleichzeitig zum rituellen Singer ausbilden lassen. Während er über einer Entscheidung brütet, wird er mit den Ermittlungen in einem scheinbar unbedeutenden Diebstahl beauftragt, für den sich aber auffällig viele Leute interessieren. Chees Nachforschungen führen ihn zu einer dreißig Jahre alten Vision und einer mysteriösen Gruppe, die sich »Volk der Finsternis« nennt.