Keith Pyeatt was drawn to paranormal novels and psychological thrillers as a reader, so when he began writing in 1996, he combined elements from those genres into his work. He was born and raised in the Texas Panhandle but didn't start writing until he lived in log cabin he built in the woods of northeastern Vermont. The setting and lifestyle almost demanded he become a novelist. Keith now lives in Albuquerque with his partner Jack and two dogs and is almost always working on a novel.

Email: paranormalwriter@comcast.net
Web site: www.keithpyeatt.com

Award: 2009 New Mexico Book Awards

Date of Award: 11/20/2009

Description:
Mystery/Suspense category

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Struck

While hiking among petroglyphs the Pueblo Indians hold sacred, Barry Andrews is struck by lightning. He survives, but the burst of energy awakens abilities he's carried since birth. Earth's fate is now tied to Barry's, and Barry's fate is linked to the past.

A thousand years ago, the Anasazi, ancestors of the Pueblo Indians, built an advanced society in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. The precise alignment of their pueblos and kivas with lunar and solar cycles gave them access to powers they weren't meant to control, and their meddling almost ended life on Earth. The Anasazi abandoned Chaco Canyon to protect man from himself.

But the pueblo ruins still hold power, and man still desires what he shouldn't have. Now Barry must join forces with a Native American elder, uncover ancient secrets, and save the earth.

Publication date: 07/10/2009
ISBN: 978-1-935053-17-0