Moon Cave [Paperback]

Charles Foertmeyer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 30, 2004

On the east face of the Canyon del Río Hondo there is an ancient cave known to the Mescal Indians as Moon Cave. It is a sacred place to the Mescal used for the Ceremony of the Ancients, a ceremony performed every five years rewarding the five most honored braves for their bravery and honesty. The ceremony must take place in Moon Cave because that is where the great medicine man, Owan-atan, created the magic. The reward the braves receive is the opportunity to go back in time to live among their ancestors in the old way of life. This is a great honor and the fact that there is no way back to their former lives is of no relevance to the selected braves.But what does this mean to Denny Miller, who innocently enters Moon Cave during the 2004 ceremony and finds himself suddenly living in 1874? And what does this mean to Scott Franklin, Denny's best friend, who is determined to find out what happened to his vanished friend and help him if he can?Scott "coerces" Cha-tah-wa, a local Mescal shaman, into taking him back to 1874 to search for Denny-and the adventure begins.

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From the Publisher

Moon Cave is an exciting adventure story of an ancient American Indian ceremony gone awry, altering history, not once, but twice.

About the Author

C.H. Foertmeyer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1949, the eldest of four children. Mr. Foertmeyer received his formal education at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Today, Mr. Foertmeyer divides his time between a full-time job and fiction writing. He now resides in Forest Park, Ohio.

Product Details

• Paperback: 202 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (March 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595314821
• ISBN-13: 978-0595314829
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,340,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

C.H. Foertmeyer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1949, and the eldest of four children. After graduating from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, he returned to Cincinnati to pursue his career in the paint coatings industry. He married in 1978 and raised two wonderful stepchildren and a lovely daughter, Jennifer, in his Lockland home. Today, Mr. Foertmeyer divides his time between web authoring and fiction writing. He now resides in Forest Park, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati. His daughter lives in nearby Greenhills, Ohio and is the inspiration of his writing, inspiring him to write his first novel at age fifty-three.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Portal to an Ancient Past, July 3, 2004

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Ingrid Taylor "Author, Book Reviewer" (Springfield, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moon Cave (Hardcover)

Travel back to a time where Indians roamed the land freely. Where Custer leads a cavalry into historic battle and where men had to carve their livelihood from the soil beneath their feet.

Scott and his best friend Denny stumble upon the secret of Moon Cave. It's a magical and sacred Indian portal to the past. It's an honor to be one of the few braves picked to take part in this ancient ritual. They have the chance to give up their lives living on an Indian reservation in the present, to travel back to live among their ancestors on the open planes of the past.

The freedom and rustic beauty of the past aren't quite the ideal dream for Scott and Denny and they will do anything to find their way back to the present. Along with the help of Cha-tah-wa, a Mescal Indian Shaman, they discover the key to getting back home with their lives.

C. H. Foertmeyer is truly among my favorite authors. His creative imagination conjures up the past as vividly as if you were walking the dusty plains with each of his characters. I'm always excited to see a new book by Mr. Foertmeyer because I know I'll be in for a wonderful adventure.

-Stacey Bucholtz

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Midwest Book Review, April 19, 2004

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Laurel Johnson (Kansas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moon Cave (Paperback)

In his sixth novel, C.H. Foertmeyer spins a tale of friendship and courage within a maelstrom of disguised reality. Past, present, and future blend into a kaleidoscopic view of parallel worlds.

Scott Franklin and Denny Miller are childhood friends, grown to adulthood. While on their annual fall hunting trip, their lives are changed forever. Deep within the Huevos, along the Rio Hondo, Scott spies a cave and suggests the friends explore it. When Denny enters the cave and disappears, both men begin a shocking and exciting journey back in time.

Denny is transported to a place both frightening and wonderful, to the American west of 1874. This is a land without modern conveniences and communication, a land before telephone poles. TV and asphalt highways. What he sees is an almost pristine west, in a time before expanding civilization soiled the land.

Trapped back in our present time, Scott discovers Moon Cave holds a special place in ancient Indian beliefs. In hopes of discovering a way to rescue Denny, he consults a Mescal Indian shaman, Cha-tah-wa. The path back through time is not easy and holds many dangers, but Scott and Cha-tah-wa discover a key to the past.

Together again in the past, Scott and Denny face down the savage tribes who still believe the white man can be defeated. They explore the old west with delightful curiosity, thankful for the opportunity to see living history first hand. They are befriended by Custer, Sacajawea's grandson, and other famous Indian warriors of the time. Soon they are assmiliated into the past, forgetting what life was like before Moon Cave and their time warping transition. Cha-tah-wa is their only hope of escaping from the past, but the Mescal shaman has his own problems. Will he succeed?

Moon Cave is escapist fiction at its best. The author's vivid imagination and writing style make for mystery and excitement. Despite some strong language and violence - the sort you'd find in any old west saga - this is an exciting tale for adult readers of any age.