Copper Mountain

CANADIAN INDIGENOUS DETECTIVE SERIESTo take down a British Columbian pedophile ring, Indigenous Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Sergeant Alex Desocarras must risk exposing his hacktivist friend to get evidence linking them to an international cartel… and he can't play by the rules this time.Detective Alex Desocarras has been losing a lot of sleep. A pedophile ring operated undetected for years right under his nose, arrogantly exploiting vulnerable children—including a young member of Alex's Secwépemc Nation. Alex was instrumental in exposing the ring, but his abysmal failure to protect the boy and others like him for so long wracks him with guilt.Things get much worse for Alex when days before the trial, an important crown witness against the ring is found brutally murdered. But Alex has a well-hidden ally.When Levon Starr, an Indigenous hacktivist seeking information on the crown witness's murder finds a coded message hidden on an RCMP server, he risks exposure to warn Alex of its chilling contents.Alex hides Starr's identity from his superiors but runs with the tip, unleashing a nightmare chain of events that will test the limits of his endurance against a ruthless international adversary, and ultimately, force him to choose where his allegiance really lies."e;A vigorous thriller spiced with plenty of fight scenes and memorable characters."e; —Kirkus Reviews