"terrific Indian romantic fantasy"
In 1816, four preadolescents are chosen to try to lift the
curse that haunts their respective tribal bands for killing
four of Thunderer's children. Two days a year they will
live on the mortal plane while the rest of the year they
will be in an ephemeral existence. The only hope to escape
the curse resides in the Chosen One who must perform a
heroic sacrificial deed by the time he is thirty. In 1835, Grey Coyote knows he is running out of time to
save his tribe but feels he is close to solving the riddle
of gaining ownership of something that belongs to his
enemy. He assumes his enemy is Jacques LaCroix for if he is
not the proud Indian knows he will have failed. In a game
of Cos-Soo, he wins everything that Jacques owns including
Englishwoman Marietta Welsford, whose uncle exiled her to
the "colonies" upon the deaths of her parents when she was
a child. She has recently learned that if she claims their
estate before her eighteenth birthday she will be wealthy;
if she fails to do so her uncle gains everything. She needs
his help, but though he wants to assist the woman he loves,
time is his enemy. THE SPIRIT OF THE WOLF is a terrific Indian romantic
fantasy that readers will enjoy from the moment Grey Coyote
tastes failure as his clock is running out yet also feels
renewal with Marietta though he will give up love to keep
trying to solve the riddle. . Though the emphasis is more
on the romance, this fast-paced story line is driven by the
desperation of Grey Coyote, who understands what is at
stake. Similar in tone to its predecessor, THE ANGEL AND
THE WARRIOR, fans will appreciate this fine tale. Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted March 28, 2006
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted January 6, 2007
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