Thirty years later, a subpoena to testify in a Florida court case brings Hannah Simpson back to south Florida...and face to face with Mitchell Goldstein -- a mysterious journalist, determined to learn her story.
Armed only with the awful truth and her vivid recollection of that fateful day, we plunge with Hannah into the treacherous Loxahatchee, and witness the young girls of The Tribe the dangerous adventure they braved, the impossible choices...and the many predators lurking there.
As her story unfolds, Hanah suspects Goldstein's motives are anything but pure. Yet even he can't resist hearing Hannah's incredible story. With survival threatened by every twist of the current, Hannah is compelled -- by circumstance and fate -- to face the mystical and dangerous forces on this river of souls.
Carl was born and raised in the rural Thumb Area of Michigan. His primary school years were spent learning in an old two-room schoolhouse, working summers on his uncle's farm, and listening to his grandmother's stories from her tiny trailer home. Those experiences shaped his love of simplicity and storytelling.
After receiving a Creative Writing MA from Central Michigan University, he embarked on a career in business that took him -- and his young family -- around the world, while continuing to write and publish poetry. After a 30-year career in finance, telling stories with numbers, he has returned to the roots given him by his grandmother.
Carl lives with his family in McKinney, TX.