I appreciate the publisher allowing me to read this book. I found the subject matter very interesting and the book well written and easy to read you can tell the author did their research. highly recommend this book.

I received an ARC of Breaking the Code by David Lee Summers via NetGalley. This novel is set Gallup, New Mexico 1942. Recruiters for the Marines are targetting Navajo to recruit for sending coded messages in their native tongue. But there seems to be someone or something trying to derail their campaign. I found myself wanting a bit more to the story, just seemed a little repetitive - Recruit, recruits sign up, something bad happens. Who or what is it? etc. etc. It was ok. 3 Stars.

In 1942 the town of Gallup, New Mexico, the U.S. Marine recruiters are hoping to hire the Navajo as they want them to do the secret weapon for the world war 2. The recruiters want them to be Navajo Code Talkers. Not everyone approves that the Navajo going to war. In fact there is a witch that is determined to stop it. A newly recruited Navajo is found dead by his father. He died outside their home. What happened? The local sheriff suggest that it must be an accident. As the recruiters drive back to the fort, the recruiter in the passenger seat sees what looks like an animal running along the side of the Jeep. He can’t believe it as the Jeep is going 40 miles per hour. What kind of animal can run that fast? The mutilated cattle at a rancher’s home is whispered to
be a skinwalker. The interest in enlisting is not attractive to the Navajos. Will they change their minds? Who is the skinwalker?

This novel is about the cryptid skinwalker. It is a creature thought gone. It is considered a myth. The author has written an excellent story about a cryptid. The characters are well written. I got to see the characters point of view of what was happening. It’s a mystery with a supernatural twist to it. It is an excellent gem of a horror novel.