Voice of Crow
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
In pain, in fear, in longing and surprise—with every death Rhia hears the cries of the departed. This 'gift' from the ancient and mysterious Crow gives Rhia an intimate connection to death. One she's fought to repress as she tries to create a normal life.
But those chosen by the spirits can never be normal. Rhia has glimpsed the future of her newborn son—a child who is stolen from her. And if she must deaden her heart to the living and wander the world of the departed to retrieve him, then so be it.
For her family and her people, Rhia would sacrifice anything. And Crow knows it—.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Mystical Native American ambiance blends with epic romantic fantasy as a clash between culture and religion escalates in Smith-Ready's intriguing sequel to Eyes of Crow. The Asermon and Kalindon tribes, guided by the guardian spirits of animals, are at war with the Ilions, who prefer man-made gods. Rhia is a shape-shifter whose guardian spirit, Crow, allows her to listen to the voices of the dead. After her newborn son, Nilik, is stolen by the Ilions, she must use this skill to help find him and his father, Marek, who goes with his son despite knowing he'll be enslaved. Nilik is soon marked for a camp where he and other shapeshifter children are to be used as a magical fighting force against their own people. Smith-Ready's fascinating world is diminished somewhat by her meandering, vanilla prose.
