WHERE The SLEEPING LADY LIES by M.E. Schuman – Environmental Thriller, Mystery, Amateur Sleuth

An Environmental Thriller inspired by the 9.2 Good Friday earthquake of 1964 in South Central Alaska, M.E. Schuman’s Where the Sleeping Lady Lies is a story of political espionage and environmental danger.

The legend of the Sleeping Lady is a tale of a giant woman who falls asleep waiting for her lover to return from battle. When tragic news arrives that her lover was killed, the other women cannot bear to wake her, and to this day the Sleeping Lady still lies as part of the landscape.

In the present day, Sam is on her way back to Alaska, a few weeks after a catastrophic earthquake has hit.

She received a call from her friend Jackson, whose twin Jacob, is missing and presumed dead. Though Jackson is careful about what details he shares over the phone, there’s something not adding up about the earthquake and a mining operation his friend Camden was involved in.

Sam soon learns that her best friend Shelby has also been missing since the earthquake. Urged to come home, Sam investigates a company called ARKose, who was conducting a highly secretive mining project in the area. As she and her comrades uncover more information about the company’s shady motivations, it becomes a race against time to stop future catastrophes that would cost countless lives.

The chapters shift from focusing on different points-of-view, so readers get a wider scope of the actions and motivations of the characters.

Author M.E. Schuman has traveled the world and has a master’s in environmental science and policy, which gives Where the Sleeping Lady Lies a strong understanding of the issues it tackles.

There is quite a bit of science jargon in the dialogue, but Schuman does a good job at working explanations into the story. Sometimes this exposition can be a bit heavy, but this can be necessary in most cases when writing about complex scientific concepts.

Where the Sleeping Lady Lies brings an interesting and refreshing scenario to the Eco-thriller genre, with plausible modern-day science rather than near-future or outlandish environmental circumstances.

M.E. Schuman’s Where the Sleeping Lady Lies is a subtle yet exciting environmental thriller that skillfully explains scientific concepts and findings in a way that makes it accessible to readers without losing the details that are important to the plot. This makes Where the Sleeping Lady Lies an especially satisfying read for people interested in science.