This supernatural thriller underscores the current strife of American Indians who defend their sacred rights against corporate greed and corruption of Big Oil.

There are insidious reasons the Indian Nations are kept silent and the government has intentionally fractured tribal communities. Big Oil desecrates sacred Indian burial grounds for drilling and fracking, willing to disturb the dead to get it, until now. Tala Whitecloud holds the key, a force so powerful and revelation so shocking it forever alters mankind’s destiny. A unifying voice representing The United Indian Nation she’s dying to be heard and it’s “A Good Day to Die.”  This is her story.

The Shapeshifters are coming and it's a good day to die.

The shape-shifters swiftly converged over Jessica in the hospital lobby. A coalescing mass thickened around her. The entire room was freezing cold. I could see my breath as the interior glass began to frost over. Moving through the apparitions freely, they paid no attention to me whatsoever, I grabbed Jessica’s hand.  “What should we do, Jessica?” I urged.

Prepping my Harley Street Glide for weeks of rough travel through Canada to Alaska is no simple task. We rode north to the Lone Wolf Harley-Davidson Dealership in Spokane, Washington, where Tala pulled out an American Express Black Card and said to get whatever was needed for the trip. Did the spirits also anoint her with a no-limit credit line? Who am I to ask?! She then booked us for a week in a fully decked-out hotel suite that resembled an apartment, with a huge bedroom, living room office and kitchen.

Small towns are forgotten, their roads forlorn, disappearing in disrepair. All that remains are faded memories and fanciful folklore. Romanticized by Hollywood, the reality of Route 66 is a harsher reality. The tattered remnants of Route 66 through Bellemont Arizona are a naked reminder of the Oakie’s escape from the Dust Bowl. Bellemont is also home to the Pine Breeze Inn, (Richfield gas station), the first location shot in the movie Easy Rider. It was here the neon “Vacancy” sign switched to “No Vacancy,” and Billy and Wyatt were denied a room their first night. This ride will have a better ending.

60 miles west of the Pine Breeze Inn is the best-preserved 156-mile stretch of the original Route 66. The State of Arizona dedicated old U.S. Route 66 from Seligman to Kingman as a Historic Route which assured the preservation of the longest undisturbed stretch of Old Route 66 in the United States. Here in the heart of cattle ranch country, Old RT 66 makes its way through Seligman, Peach Springs, Truxton, Crozier Canyon, Valentine, Hackberry, and Kingman and, ends just past Oatman in Topock.

It's this 120-mile section of the Coronado National Scenic Byway Trail, of Route 666, (SR 191) that’s Arizona’s wildest ride. With over 650 turns and over 5,000 ft. of elevation change this curvy narrow road is filled with steep drop-offs, no guardrails and in some areas, speeds may slow to 10 mph. Appropriately called, The Devils Highway.

Jerome Arizona was one of richest copper mines ever found and was proclaimed to be "The Wickedest Town in the West.” Built at a 30-degree incline, Jerome is slowly sliding down the mountain and is America's most vertical city.. Many of the buildings are abandoned, and the old jailhouse and graveyard are closed to the public. Jerome is now known for its unique shops, restaurants, and wineries, as well as Room 32 of the town’s infamous Grand Jerome Hotel. Reportedly, a patron rolled his wheelchair off the balcony to his death there, while another later took his life inside room 32. Hotel guests claim doors open and close and the water faucets and lights randomly turn off and on.