Shadow of the Watching Star

by William Sarabande

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Ravaged by tribal fighting, cursed by their enemies, abandoned by their sacred spirits, the People wander, hungry and desperate, across a frozen and forbidding land. The leader who guided them, the vision that inspired them, the magic that moved them--all have vanished from their midst. Far away, across a sea of ice, alone and desolate, the young shaman Cha-kwena must make a fateful choice. While he yearns to return to his loved ones, he is sworn to protect the sacred herd of mammoth, the show more last of their kind. The path he now takes will determine the future of his race: whether they will perish in savage conflict or flourish in a new age of bounty and hope. show less

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Some have faith & others lose faith, some can be turned to evil , and evil still lerkes here. 8th in series
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Dertig- tot veertigduizend jaar geleden zwierven de eerste mensen over een zee van ijs op zoek naar een nieuw vaderland. Ze trokken vanuit de Aziatische ijsvlakten over de landbrug tussen Siberie en Alaska naar het oosten, op zoek naar het land van de opgaande zon. Een lange avontuurlijke reis vol ontberingen en gevaren. Cha-kwena, de sjamaan, heeft gezworen dat het afslachten van de witte mammoet, de totem van zijn stam, zal worden voorkomen. Doordat Mah-ree de wetten van de Ouden heeft getrotseerd, heeft zich een drama binnen haar stam voltrokken en heeft ze schande over zichzelf afgeroepen. Warakan hoopt op verzoening tussen twee strijdende stammen. Hij is de houder van de heilige talisman, de sleutel tot de macht, maar tevens drager show more van een diep gewortelde haat. Jhadel, de laatste overlevende van het oude priesterdom, koestert sinds lange tijd een droom over het grote verbond tussen de stammen. Nu heeft hij Warakan onder zijn hoede, die ervoor kan kiezen die droom waar te maken of te vernietigen... show less

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William Sarabande Sarabande is the author of the First Americas Series whose titles include, "Beyond the Sea of Ice" (1987), "Corridor of Storms" (1988), "Forbidden Land" (1989), "Walkers of the Wind" (1990), "Sacred Stones" (1991), "Thunder in the Sky" (1992), Edge of the World" (1993), Shadow of the Watching Stars" (1995) and "Face of the Rising show more Sun" (1996). (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
Shadow of the Watching Star
Original title
Shadow of the Watching Star
Original publication date
1995
People/Characters
Cha-kwena; Sister Wolf; Bear Brother; Masau; Jhadel
Important places
Cordello Corridor, Laurentide Ice Sheet
Epigraph
Owl Comes.
Hay Yah! Out of the black robe of Night,
Death comes,
Hay Yah! In the shadow of the Watching Star,
Spirit Sucker comes,
Hay Yah! On the wings of the Four Winds, the People scatter.
Owl Comes,
H... (show all)ay Yah! Now Mouse and Man must be afraid!
"So she sang,
'A young man would be wise.
A young man would be brave.
He left the place he knew.
He came to death's valley...
He broke the living stone...
He slew my friend the bear...'
"And Iya said, 'Ho... (show all), sing what you will. It is your death song and it is music that will make my heart glad."
-Bad Wound (Taopi-Sica)
Lakota Myth by James R Walker
Dedication
Ik draag dit boek op aan Pat Jones, Dean Allen en Donna Caltrider van Edelweiss Books, Big Lear Lake, Californië, met dank voor jullie goede wil, goede gesprekken en goede boeken! Aan Charles Cline, voor alle heerlijke soep!... (show all) En aan Mary Ward - voor je betrokkenheid, hulp en voor het feit dat je in de mammoet de geest van de witte 'bizon' zag.
To Pat Jones, Dean Allen and Donna Caltrider of Edelweiss Books, Big Bear Lake, California
with thanks for all the goodwill, good talk, and good books sent my way!
To Charles Cline, for all the black bean soup!
And to Mary Ward - for concern shown, for offers of assistance, and for seeing the spirit of the "buffalo" in the mammoth!
First words
"Shaman!"
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)With Sister Wolf close to his heart, and the sacred stone of the Ancient Ones around his neck, and the golden eagle feather of a war chief fastened securely in his hair, Warakan - grandson of Shateh and son of Masau, the Mystic Warrior - Followed Jahdel the Peacedreamer into the forest under a bloodred sky.

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
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813Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English
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