Lightning Shrikes

The Lightning Shrikes is a stirring tale of a group of strangers joining strengths and daring to be more than they're expected to be, more than they've been allowed to be, while blazing a trail for others to follow. When Rafte - a rich, powerful, international sports equipment and apparel company - retains a Native American ex-major league baseball player to recruit and manage an all-Native team in their new national coed softball league, they get more than they bargain for, and far more than they can control. Armed with Rafte's cash, a gift for making the most of any business opportunity, a great eye for talent, and a mission - along with a weakness for home cooking - Conley King sets out in classic cinematic fashion to build a championship team, the Lightning Shrikes. King gathers the best Native athletes and staff from around the country, most with no experience on the diamond, and sets out to build a team from the melange - a group so ethnically diverse that even he is surprised. But first things first, King must teach the skills needed for success on the field in order to meld a true team from a strong-willed group used to going their own way. Winding through the ordinary challenges of a new team in a new league, King also overcomes cultural and political differences and the animosity built up from centuries of strife. At last, he has a group united in their dedication to the team and the respect of each team member for each other, regardless of their ethnic loyalty or previous hostility. This done, the Shrikes, like their fierce namesake, quickly make their unmistakable presence hard to ignore.Mihesuah, Devon is the author of 'Lightning Shrikes' with ISBN 9781592281138 and ISBN 1592281133.