It Wakes in Me

May 15, 2006
Accused of multiple murders, drugged High Chieftain Sora has been spirited off to the village of their hereditary enemies in the hope that their most powerful healer can reunite her three souls through a series of erotic soul-curing ceremonies. Meanwhile, the High Matron of the Black Falcon Nation grapples with the demands of certain elders on her Council to wage war on yet another group, the Scarlet Macaw People, in order to wrest from them an enormous fortune in jade. Underlying it all is treason at every level and a sinister plot to overthrow their clan's leadership under the guise of recovering hostages from the Loon People. On a more personal level, there's Wink's concern for the well-being of her friend Sora, and Gear's intriguing exposition of the generosity the prehistoric people she envisions extended to the mentally ill. All combine to create a multilayered, complex plot with lushly evocative prose and darkly erotic passages as Gear continues the Florida-based prehistoric saga that began with " It Sleeps in Me" (2005).(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2006, American Library Association.)