Summer Light (Novel Of Ancient Alaska)

Spirit Singer and Shaman. A novel of life in Ancient Alaska, Book One. On the frozen shores of Alaska's distant past, a young woman years to be a shaman. Elik was not like the others. She could not sew a seal skin with the tiny stitches that would make a kayak watertight. She could not set a trap as silently as drifting snow. Or throw the weighted strands of a bola into a flock of birds, or predict the weather. But this she could do: She could sing the spirit songs, almost like a shaman.This was a high calling for a young woman born into a poor family and Elik longs for the chance to prove herself. The Real People lived in a world of myth and magic, hunger, and danger, a world where every animal and stone spoke to those who knew how to listen. Desired by a powerful shaman and in love with a stranger cast out of his home, Elik fights for a way to save her people and reach her destiny.This book includes an Author's Note highlighting research into the archaeology of the period around 100 B.C. plus accounts of the earliest ethnographers and a brief non-fiction reading list.The sequel, DAUGHTER OF THE SHAMAN, follows Elik as she searches for the man who murdered her husband's father.

• | Author: Elyse Guttenberg
• | Publisher: Murphy Dome Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 21, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 384 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 0999204939
• | ISBN-13: 9780999204931