Author of Blood Moon Rider
“Zack Waters takes his readers on a wonderful odyssey via a full panorama of suspense and emotion. With just the right blend of colorful prose and believable dialogue, this is the best book I’ve read about Florida since Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. A stellar achievement.”—John Koblas, author of J. J. Dickison: Swamp Fox of the Confederacy
“A first-rate novel for the young reader that is historically accurate, exciting, and wonderfully told. Blood Moon Rider demonstrates how Florida remained one of America’s last frontiers well into the twentieth century. It will be especially welcomed by educators looking to inspire their students in a spectacular format.” —J. Mark Akerman, author of Jacob Summerlin: King of the Crackers (2005 Carlton Tebeau Book Award Winner)
Harley Wallace has suffered through an incredible run of bad luck.
His father died fighting in the Pacific during World War II, his stepmother abandoned him, and he celebrated his fourteenth birthday as a prisoner in a hick jail. As if that were not bad enough, Harley is placed in the custody of his scarred, bitter grandfather.
As Harley and his grandfather struggle to establish a family relationship and make peace with the demons of the past, the murder of Grandfather Wallace’s cowman and best friend leads them to suspect that a monstrous evil may have taken root on the old man’s sprawling cattle ranch.
When his grandfather disappears, Harley’s simple life is shattered. He and his new friend Beth are thrust into a web of danger which reaches far beyond the swamps of Florida’s Gulf Coast. Riding into the marshes under the harsh glow of a “blood moon,” they discover danger, new friends, ruthless enemies, and the true meaning of family.
Zack C. Waters, a fifth generation Floridian, was born at Ocala in 1946. He received a B. A. (English) from the University of Florida and a Juris Doctor (Law) from Memphis State University.
After working as reporter and editor of a weekly newspaper and for a regional planning commission in Ocala, Waters moved to Rome, Georgia in 1981. Waters managed a real estate title research company for several years, and he has taught literature and language arts at Rome Middle School for the past seventeen years.
Blood Moon Rider is Waters’ first novel, but he often contributes to Civil War publications, frequently chronicling the history of Florida’s Confederate soldiers. He is currently working on a second young adult novel (tentatively entitled Dingus Done Gone Blues) and a non-fiction account of the Florida Brigade in General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.
Waters and his wife Vonda have two children – Luke (22) and Lauren Rose (18).
Contact the author via Email at Waters.Zack@gmail.com
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