Spencer McKinley
Spencer McKinley is an author and environmentalist. The 7th Fire is currently featured in MSN News, and 150 other respected UK publications including Reader’s Digest UK, Female First, The Scotsman, and The Star. The author supports various environmental platforms, including Cultural Survival, Conservation International, WeForest, and Oceana. In 2014, before the Covid Crisis, the author served as a CPT Delegate monitoring a biochemical contaminate discovered on First Nation Lands, in Ontario Canada. She is one of the rare outsiders to have witnessed first-hand the devastation at Treaty 3 Reserve. The catastrophe caused a political firestorm, resulting in the longest-running Blockade in Canadian history, and became known as the country’s worst environmental disaster.
Works
The 7th Fire
Inspired by True Events
In 2019, The Canadian Government sent seven scientists to investigate an environmental disaster in the Northwest Territories: all seven advisors vanished. When teen activist Annie Erickson learns that her sister is one of “The Missing,” she embarks on a dangerous quest to find her. Annie’s investigation leads her to a region called The Lake of The Woods and to an uninhabited island believed to be haunted. As Annie investigates each lead, she allies herself with a rogue scientist and a political whistleblower. Together, they uncover a classified bioweapons program: “The 7th Fire.” As events unfold amid a global pandemic, Annie realizes that her mission has just begun.
The 7th Fire
Press and Media Mentions
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- THE SCOTSMAN, "Author Spencer McKinley masterly weaves multiple mysteries into a mesmerising thriller with her debut novel, The 7th Fire."
- MSN NEWS "MUST READ OF THE WEEK"
- THE STAR "Author Spencer McKinley draws upon her background as an environmentalist and social campaigner to make eco-thriller The 7th Fire such a blazing read."
- THE YORKSHIRE POST "Author Spencer McKinley’s novel The 7th Fire is driven by a race against time to stop a deadly man-made pathogen. The book was written before the Covid pandemic but the parallels make the thriller all the more impactful."
- EDINBURGH NEWS " An explosive Eco-thriller"
- FEMALE FIRST UK: Written pre-Covid, A pitch-perfect thriller for our times"
- READERS DIGEST UK, "The 7th Fire pulls you into a raw, primitive and terrifying world. This novel is fast-paced and a real page-turner."
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Mystery & Crime, Children, Teens, Business & Technology, General Non-Fiction, Biography & History