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Name of Book: Call Down the Stars Author: Sue Harrison ISBN: 0-380-72605-x Publisher: Avon Books Part of a Series: Storyteller Trilogy Type of book: Japan, Alaska, River people, evil, 602 PME, 590 PME, storytelling, 6447 PME-6427 PME, reunions Year it was published: 2001 Summary: The Bear-god warriors came like a tsunami from the sea... On that day of great terror and sadness, the girl called Daughter escaped with her grandfather across the icy North Pacific to find shelter on the islands of the Whale Hunters. But peace was not to be their lot. For here the mad medicine woman K'os was scheming vengeance against her mot despised enemy, the revered warrior and statesman called Cakliux- her son. And this young, innocent female from a far-off place was the key- the final, essential ingredient in a demonic brew of suspicion, hostility, and forbidden love that K'os would prepare with an expert hand...to poison the lives of those she hated and would see dead. C...

Name of Book: Cry of the Wind Author: Sue Harrison ISBN: 0-380-72604-1 Publisher: Avon Fiction Part of a Series: Storyteller Trilogy Type of book: Alaska, Near River, Cousin River, war, effects, evil, healing, daily life, mysteries, murders, forbidden love. 610 Pre-Modern Era, 6458-6456? PME Year it was published: 1998 Summary: Winter looms in this place of icy splendor near the top of the world-chilling a heart already frozen by hatred and cold dreams of revenge? Experience and adversity have made the storyteller Chakliux a wise and powerful hunter and a man of great respect. But a tender heart is his weakness. In his village lives the beautiful Aqamdax for whom he yearns, though she is mated to a cruel and dangerous tribesman she does not love. It is Chakliux she runs to under a clear, moonlit sky while the village sleeps. But there can be no future for them together until a curse upon their people has been transcended. And then there is K'os, the healing woman...

Name of Book: Song of the River Author: Sue Harrison ISBN: 0-380-72603-3 Publisher: Avon fiction Part of a Series: Storyteller trilogy; cry of the wind, call down the stars sequels Type of book: mainland Alaska, Native Americans, prehistoric novel, 6480 BCE, 6460-6459 BCE, competition, enemies, revenge, healing, war, mystery Year it was published: 1997 Summary: Eighty centuries before our time -- in the frozen interior of a place that would someday be called Alaska -- a clubfooted babe was left in the snow to die...until he was rescued by a young woman ravaged by her enemies and sworn to vengeance. Twenty years later, the child, called Chakliux, has grown to manhood and occupies an honored place as his tribe's treasured storyteller, while his adoptive mother K'os has grown cunning and cold. But in the neighboring village of the Near River People -- where he has been sent to make peace by wedding the shaman's daughter -- a shocking double murder occu...

Name of Book: Brother Wind Author: Sue Harrison ISBN: 0-380-72178-3 Publisher: Avon Fiction Part of a Series: Ivory Carver Trilogy; Mother Earth Father Sky, My sister the moon prequels Type of book: 7038 BC-7036 BCE, Alaska, north, war, finding home, life, prehistoric, Year it was published: 1994 Summary: In a time before time at the top of the world-in a harsh and unforgiving age of ice-courage will sustain three remarkable souls through trials as bitter as the chill winds of the eternal winter. Claimed by a brutal, despised enemy, Kiin must sacrifice her love for the sake of her tribe and hte safety of her children. Left widowed and helpless among the Whale Hunters, Kukutux now faces the impossible challenge of surviving alone. While Samiq, wounded and a hunter no more, must take up the mantle of leadership and guide a devastated people abandoned by their gods. At the dawn of humanity, their extraordinary destinies intertwine. And through hardship and adventu...

Name of Book: My Sister the Moon Author: Sue Harrison ISBN: 0-380-71836-7 Publisher: Avon Books Part of a Series: Ivory Carver Trilogy; Mother Earth, Father Sky prequel, Brother Wind Sequel Type of book: 7039-7038 PCE, Alaska, Aleut, incest story, twins, rivalry, culture clash, young adult to adult Year it was published: 1992 Summary: An abused and unwanted daughter of the First Men tribe, young Kiin knows the harsh realities of life in a frozen land at the top of the world. In an age of ice nine millennia past, her destiny is tied to the brave sons of orphaned Chagak and her chieftain mate Kayugh-one to whom Kiin is promised, the other for whom she yearns. But the evil that her own family spawned drags the tormented young woman far from ehr people-where savage cruelties, love and fate will strengthen and change her...and give her the courage to fight for the future of her own helpless progeny. Characters: The characters seem to be three dimensional and fasci...

Name of Book: Mother Earth Father Sky Author: Sue Harrison ISBN: 0-380-71592-9 Publisher: Avon Fiction Part of a Series: Ivory Carver Trilogy, My sister the moon, Brother wind are sequels Type of book: Pre-historic, Aleut, Alaska, coming of age, 7056-7055 B.C.E, stories, legends Year it was published: 1990 Summary: In a frozen time before history, in a harsh and beautiful land near the top of the world, womanhood comes cruelly and suddenly to beautiful, young Chagak. Surviving the brutal massacre of her tribe, she sets out across the icy waters off America's northwest coast on an astonishing odyssey that will reveal to Chagak power secrets of the earth and sky...and the mysteries of love and loss. Characters: The character of Chagak is drawn realistically, especially when she is struggling with herself and what the society demands from her. It also shows Kayugh who also has lost everything but yet he keeps on going strong, and eventually succeeds. Much to ...