Big Spring

By Matthew R Matlock

WHAT IF NATURE COULD CURE HERSELF-OF US? Jim Tower's daughter develops a brain tumor following his wife's untimely death. The rancher visits his wife's grave. In a psilocybin-fueled vision, she urges him toward Big Spring. Hans Welker is the family veterinarian, German immigrant, and doting father to a miniature donkey named "Marlena." Dr. Welker suspects a local mine as the cause of the Tower family's deadly trouble. Ian Laney, Poplar Bluff Medical Center's resident neurologist, follows his mid-life crisis toward oblivion. Gambling and sex addiction pitch him into a titanic struggle between planetary preservation and global ruin. Micah Reno, descendant of 18th Century French explorer Philippe Francois Renault, has a problem: the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Micah runs the local Galena Mine and produces lead ore. Between EPA fines and operations expenses, he faces an urgent need to cut costs-but at what final price? In the secret caverns of Big Spring, an ancient entity nears the precipice of species-ending change. Humanity's fate rests in the balance of her patience.All the while, an American Chestnut tree-remnant of a lost species-guards the Tower family cemetery. It waits above Big Spring. But is it destined to preserve or destroy?

"Matlock's book is a compelling story that grabs the reader's heart right from the beginning. A great tale of people and the land." - Akiva Silver, Author of Trees of Power; Owner/Operator at "Twisted Tree Farm"

http: //twisted-tree.net

"Pulls you in from the first few pages "

- Stacy Jo Huser (Official Title Redacted) https: //www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/2276014/stacy-jo-huser/

"Fascinating page-turner You won't be able to put this one down." - Zoe Dyani, Cherokee Nation https: //cherokee.org

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1952439590
• ISBN13: 9781952439599
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Moonshine Cove Publishing, LLC
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"