Tom Berquist Livres

Stalking Los Angeles is a gripping, coming of age tale of a contemporary Native American boy who is seeking to reconnect with his ancient tribal roots a Reggie goes on a vision quest to discover his ‘power animal’ that could help him deal with his domineering dad, the school bully and losing his girlfriend. When his father leaves to fight in Iraq, the family is forced to move into the big city. At the same time, a young mountain lion, known to conservationists, miraculously jumps over two freeways and enters the megalopolis. “Here’s where fiction and fact collide,” says Tom Berquist, the author. “The parallel challenges that the real lion faces are harrowing, but true and written from inside the animal’s skin.” Both young and adult readers will be captivated by the suspense; wondering and worrying how their two lives will intersect. If you like exciting stories about animals with a paranormal, mystery twist and, an educational foundation, you’ll love this book. Go to www.MountainLionLA.com or to Tom Berquist, Author – Novels about nature and wildlife (tomberquist-author.com) to learn more. If you purchase the book, you will be helping to protect our lions. The author is donating 25% of all profits to wildlife conservation and to building a wildlife corridor into the Santa Monica Mountains: http://www.samofund.org/santa-monica-mountains-wildlife-preservation/park-connectivity-wildlife-corridor/

Clan of the Wolfdogs transports readers into the raw, prehistoric period to experience how we became modern humans, and dogs became our best allies. Inspired by the research of noted paleoanthropologist Dr. Pat Shipman, young Irik struggles to live up to his father's expectations while his mother nurtures him in a culture that demands he take a woman at fourteen winters and kill others at sixteen. The boy's preternatural ability to capture the spiritual connection between humans and animals by drawing them on cave walls is lost when his clan chief father is killed by lions during a hunt. To redeem his honor, he tames and trains wolves to help slaughter whole herds of game and becomes a powerful clan chief. Irik proves himself by bringing the clan through unheard of natural disasters and past the brink of starvation, until a pact with a cannibalistic tribe turns deadly. When his first mate, the clan's territory, and its mother wolf are all lost in a second battle with the White Tribe, will he seek revenge? Or will Arol, his childhood soulmate, come back into his life to help him evolve and find a better, more humanistic way? The story will inspire you to consider your own beliefs about today's tribal culture.