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Harrison's sweeping novel deals with prehistoric peoples in the land that is now Alaska.
| Details | | Series: | Harrison, Sue/Storyteller Trilogy, Books 2 |
| Size | | Length: | 448 pages | | Height: | 9.8 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.5 in | | Weight: | 28.0 oz |
Industry Reviews
In the second installment of her "Storyteller" trilogy about prehistoric Aleutian tribes (following Song of the River, Avon, 1997), Harrison continues the saga of K'os, who seeks revenge for rape and enslavement by the Near River people, and Chakliux, the Cousin River Village's respected storyteller and K'os's adopted son. Chakliux is in the unenviable position of being married to Star, who is pregnant with his child, and in love with Aquamdax, who is unhappily married to Night Man. When Night Man drowns their infant and Aquamdax finally rejects him, Chakliux hopes to marry her. K'os, the b?te noire of the two villages, is loyal to no one, wreaks havoc, plants distrust, and poisons her enemies. Keeping track of these characters can be difficult, but Harrison's fans will be entertained by this tale of good and evil in constant battle and left wondering what turmoil K'os will create in Book 3. Mary Ellen Rutledge Elsbernd, Northern Kentucky Univ. Lib., Highland Heights
Kolchin
Book Two of the Storyteller Trilogy (after Song of the River) continues Harrison's tale of intertribal warfare and its tragic consequences some 80 centuries ago in the stark and inhospitable land that is present-day Alaska. In the Near River Village, the Aleut healing woman K'os swears vengeance against Fox Barking, who had enslaved her after his brutal rape left her unable to bear children. Not even her adopted son, Chakliux the storyteller, is safe from her obsessive need to avenge her misery. Chakliux, of the Cousin River Village, has another problem as well. He loves beautiful Aqamdax, who is caught in a loveless marriage to the cruel Night Man. The love between Chakliux and Aqamdax and the dangers they face as they try to elude K'os form the central plot of this wide-ranging tale. Harrison's research is clearly reflected in her meticulous attention to details as disparate as the careful sewing of a parka and the rituals of a caribou hunt. Her characters are based on ancient Native American mythologies and storytelling traditions. But in her ambition to create a panoramic view of this long-gone culture, she offers an unwieldy cast of two-dimensional characters who live in indistinguishable villages and scurry about in myriad subplots that serve only to illustrate how much Harrison knows about her subject. (Dec.)
White
In the second installment of her "Storyteller" trilogy about prehistoric Aleutian tribes (following Song of the River, Avon, 1997), Harrison continues the saga of K'os, who seeks revenge for rape and enslavement by the Near River people, and Chakliux, the Cousin River Village's respected storyteller and K'os's adopted son. Chakliux is in the unenviable position of being married to Star, who is pregnant with his child, and in love with Aquamdax, who is unhappily married to Night Man. When Night Man drowns their infant and Aquamdax finally rejects him, Chakliux hopes to marry her. K'os, the bˆte noire of the two villages, is loyal to no one, wreaks havoc, plants distrust, and poisons her enemies. Keeping track of these characters can be difficult, but Harrison's fans will be entertained by this tale of good and evil in constant battle and left wondering what turmoil K'os will create in Book 3. Mary Ellen Rutledge Elsbernd, Northern Kentucky Univ. Lib., Highland Heights
Library Journal (11/15/1998)
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