William DeVlieger
Seventh Fire Saga
WABENO
Beneath the glittering facade of Peter Dietrich's multi-million-dollar industrial empire lies a dark and deadly secret he thought long buried, but when the Dietrich family gathers at their lavish Minnesota estate to celebrate his eightieth birthday, that secret begins to surface—in blood… First, Peter's adult children die gruesomely, succumbing to strange and agonizing illnesses. Then his former business partners begin to die under similarly brutal circumstances. As panic grips the family and investigators search for answers, Peter is forced to confront the chilling truth: someone is systematically targeting him, using the bodies of his children and associates as a canvas for a gruesome revenge.
Meanwhile, on the Pictured Rocks Indian Reservation, tribal elder and medicine man Archie Fayette is receiving mysterious drawings in the mail and seeing omens appear near his cabin: signs of a Wabeno, a witch trained in the ways of the ancient Society of the Dawn. Archie and his son, Matt, the reservation's overworked police chief, search to uncover the identity of the witch and their motivation for committing the brutal murders. Their investigation leads to the corrupted heart of Peter Dietrich's empire, revealing a secret buried deep beneath the reservation—a crime against the earth itself. As time draws short, Archie and Matt race to expose the truth and prevent Wabeno from committing one final, unspeakable act. The woods are lovely, dark and deep, and for millionaire industrialist Peter Dietrich, Wabeno has a sinister promise to keep.
"The sky over Pictured Rocks was grey and heavy. Behind the old house, Wabeno sat by the fire, loading tobacco into a black stone pipe that belonged to his teacher. He reached into the fire, retrieved an ember, held it barehanded and unharmed, and placed it into the pipe bowl. Inhaling the sweet smoke and exhaling prayers, he turned the pipe to the seven directions, offering it to the spirits and thanking them for his success. A thousand birch trees swayed in the breeze, standing tall and resembling emaciated Wendigos. A carved female effigy swung from a low branch at the clearing’s edge. Its brother burned in the fire. Wabeno laid the pipe on the blanket and picked up a whiskey bottle. No one understood the pain inside him, a dull, unrelenting ache. Every day, he dreamed about his wife and children, taken from him by the white devil, but now, with his revenge within reach, he drank to the devil’s suffering."
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About Me.
William (Bill) DeVlieger began his spiritual journey among the Anishinabe Ojibway people at Bad River Indian Reservation on Lake Superior, where he developed close friendships with Anishinabe Ojibway elders, teachers, activists, holy people, and people just living life. Learning about the Seventh Fire Prophecy, Bill recognized himself as one of the New People prophesized to lead humanity down the natural path to peace and sustainability. He attended native ceremonies, participating in and learning to conduct talking circles, sweat lodges, shaking tents, and ceremonies at the Three Fires Midewiwin Grand Medicine Lodge, and participated in several environmental battles, fighting alongside the Anishinabe Ogitchida Warrior Society to protect the sacred lands and resources of the Northwoods. At this time, Bill retraced the footsteps of his ancestors and was led to the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids in England. Bill was inducted into the Order and after many years of study was ordained as a Druid. Bill describes himself as one of the New People, a Seventh Fire Storyteller, a Celtic Druid named Ulchabhan in Irish Gaelic, and son of Mother Earth. He lives in Warren, Pennsylvania, with his wife and son, a dog and four cats.