Elephant Mountain

<p><em>Elephant Mountain</em> is the gripping tale of Debbie Ethell a young woman whose fascination with an elephant skull in a bone museum leads her down an unexpected path. What begins as a curiosity about the tragic love story of Morgan Berry the man who gave us Packy (the first baby elephant born in a U.S. zoo in forty-four years) and Eloise Berchtold one of the world's greatest animal trainers soon becomes a chilling mystery. The couple each killed by separate elephants they raised left behind a legacy tangled in secrets cover-ups and unanswered questions.</p><p></p><p>As former owners of a secluded elephant farm in the rugged Pacific Northwest Morgan and Eloise's lives and deaths hold the key to a truth long buried beneath layers of deception. Determined to uncover what really happened Debbie draws on her experience as a conservation research scientist and the steadfast support of her best friend who is facing a life-threatening illness. While navigating the shadows of her own past including her ongoing recovery from alcoholism Debbie finds courage and insight from a herd of wild elephants in Kenya a group she has studied since childhood. Their stories of survival and loss mirror her own as she delves deeper into a mystery that will test her resolve and redefine her future.</p>