Sedona Roots, A short novel
The concluding Book Four of the Norzona Quartet concentrates on the fourth and last major cultural group of Northern Arizona, yuppies and retirees by following the adventures of three women immigrants to the renowned town: the former academician/writer turned politician Sarah Golden who from the State Senate spearheads the secession of the new and separate Stae of Norzona, Palestinian refugee and dancer etc. Mariam Khoury running a local restaurant for her elderly father, and versatile New-Age shaman/healer Larissa Pietrowski from Chicago by way of Hawaii. Together they enlist the support of widower Paul Tse and his investigator Shorty Sandoval to resist the efforts of three men from Flagstaff to ravage the riches of the deep diamond deposit under nearby Secret Canyon Wilderness Area; Cleveland Motrel the CEO of Bessemer Materials, Sarah’s ex-husband and NAU geology prof Ernis Newton, and scion of an old Norzona political family Jim Malone. At stake is whether Sedona can reject the lure of obscene wealth for a few which will ruin it for everyone and instead choose supernatural help to make it “heaven on earth”.
