S.A. Silver
Haunted by the legend of Shadow Foot for over a century, Sleepers Forest was known for having the man beast cause intruders to fall asleep there. Giant footprints appear today at the forest creek. It is forbidden to twelve-year-old Tealy Landers and her parents warned her never to go there. After her two, older sisters died in front of the forest seven years ago, her parents refused to discuss the forest and the legend with Tealy.
Behind her house, below the edge of Cliffside Woods at the bottom of the cliff, Sleepers Forest waits. Tealy promised she would not go there, but Palco is her pet hawk and now her father let him go in Cliffside Woods. Tealy wants him back. Will she find Palco before the earthquake? No . . . but what about after it? It's a strange atmosphere, yes . . . safe . . . no.
What hides in Sleepers Forest? Tealy finds out when she can't climb up the cliff to go back to Cliffside Woods.
Trapped in Sleepers Forest, desperate to go home, she meets three magical men. Can they save themselves and still save her? Mysterious animals lurk around everywhere and the worst beast of all . . . Sequoia. This Sasquatch is after Tealy and she appears when no one expects her to.
Can they find a way out of Sleepers Forest? The lovely woman will only help them so far and then they must find another way. Trying to escape leads them face to face with the stalking beast out for revenge.
One symbol will save Tealy, but can she hold on to it long enough to protect herself? Sleepers Forest has many secrets and Azure is her only hope.
S.A. Silver has a Master of Arts in Communications from California State University, Fullerton. Inspired by the beauty of California forests, she researched many different types of evergreen trees and animals to include them in The Legend of Sleepers Forest. You can write to Susan at sasilver@ymail.com or visit her website at www.geocities.com/sasilver@ymail.com. S.A. Silver is a featured author on www.authortree.com/sasilver.
Reed studied her. "Your hawk will always be yours. If you let him go, he will return. That is the best way."
Tealy didn't know what to say. She didn't want to go home and she didn't want to go for a walk anymore either. "But-"
"Go home now." He touched her shoulder. "I see Shadow Foot."
"Shadow Foot . . .?!!" She couldn't believe it.
"Yes," he whispered. "Go, now."
Tealy was terrified and she turned around as the ground rocked hard back and forth.
She gaped. "What's that?"
"The earthquake! Run home . . . hurry!"
Tealy ran off in horror and the woods trembled, knocking her off balance. Trees shook and branches dropped in front of her, forcing a stumble. Rising up and down like a giant wave under the earth, the land rumbled as loud as buried thunder. Catching herself on a quivering trunk, she stopped and looked, but there was no sign of Reed anywhere. Earth mounds swelled high and screaming, Tealy jumped over them. Quaking land split open and she thought the ground would swallow her as dirt rolled down, bouncing stones with choking dust. Soil moved under her feet and she slid down a slope, panicking. Stomping on twigs, rocks and fallen leaves, she saw a blur of her house in the distance. She was almost home and she escaped from the woods.
