Introducing 2nd Edition of THE TRAZ

Wow! Doesn't that cover look great? I'm very proud to announce the release of the Second Edition of THE TRAZ, complete with fresh material, revisions and a spanking new cover!

It's the same awesome story--a biker gang, an undercover cop, a thirteen-year old girl--and a murder on the vast Canadian prairie. It's just told a wee bit better as I showboat my evolving writing skills.

Katrina is thirteen, grieving and alone. But she’s much more than that. She’s intelligent, wealthy and intrigued by the dangers of street life.

Shrug is a giant of a man with a voice of thunder and eyes of granite. He sports a tangle of tattoos, wears gang colours and straddles a Harley.

When he asks Katrina if she wants a ride, neither realizes her decision will haunt them both forever.

Life on The Traz biker compound is violent and horrifying and the price of belonging quickly becomes too steep. But for Katrina there is no way to escape until she meets Chad—an undercover cop with rich brown eyes, a gentle chuckle and a plan to get her safely out of the clutches of the gang. However, there’s a problem.

Someone is keeping dangerous secrets from them both.

 Eileen Schuh, Author

OPERATION MAXTRACKER
SHADOW RIDERS
DISPASSIONATE LIES
FIREWALLS
FATAL ERROR
Schrӧdinger's Cat
THE TRAZ

Lonely, eerie echoes...The setting for my BackTracker Series

THE TRAZ and FATAL ERROR  are set in my home province of Alberta, Canada. This is where the characters dictated to me that their adventures were to happen and who was I to argue?

I’m not sure why they chose the vast Alberta prairie to pit cops vs bikers and sully the sensitivities of a 13-year old girl. As the characters originally intended their stories to be therapy for me, perhaps they thought setting them in such a familiar locale would make their messages more timely and relevant.

Or perhaps, they understood that the familiar scenes would be intensified by my knowledge of the scents and sounds permeating them. When Shrug alit from his bike, torn apart inside and seeking wisdom from beyond the far horizon, I'd know the exact slant of the September sun on the harvested wheat field over which he gazed. 

I would know how to tell the readers what it was like for Katrina on the park bench that autumn when she suddenly realized that her secrets were not safe--the red berry bushes along the banks of the North Saskatchewan river, the chuckle of migrating geese. The musty smell of poplar leaves beneath her feet. 

I know the setting in my novels intimately. The slow March melt, when Katrina hit puberty. The warm, noisy fury of a December Chinook when she almost, almost got rescued from the gang. I know the edible mushrooms Katrina might gather...and the poisonous ones. I know where she might hide and where bikers might ride. 

I’m a farm girl--I know the lonely eerie echoes that haunt metal sheds on the vast Alberta prairie.

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"Lonely, eerie echoes..." is brought to you by:

 FIREWALLS

 Book III in the BackTracker series.

 "Be prepared for a rollercoaster of emotions..."  

"Packed with humanity, crafted with insight."

"Schuh has created a character worthy of being called a hero."

"A tale of comfort and hope that we, too, can slay our own dragons."

"A gritty, fast paced thriller"