An ambitious and dynamic debut novel When the Owl Sings centers around Mason Rhimes a journalist whose ominous dreams hold the key that links him to an ancient Maya civilization that disappeared without a trace. Still reeling from the death of his fiancee Mason sets out on a personal quest to find answers to the foreboding and spine-chilling events that torture him nightly. Mason's path will lead him to a town where nothing is as it appears and where he quickly becomes an unwitting participant in a web of deceit and lies.

As clues are gathered and answers revealed Mason learns of a plot that threatens the entire nation his visionary gift which has been a part of him for so long may serve a higher purpose after all.

Since 1997 David C. Maloney has held several titles within the field of Forensic Science including Forensic Chemist and most recently Crime Scene Unit Supervisor. He has testified in court as an expert witness in Forensics over 80 times and since 2001 has been an Adjunct Professor at four colleges/universities in Colorado. He can be reached by email at dcm@davidcmaloney.com or via his website davidcmaloney.com.