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Loading... Sacred Ground (1994)by Mercedes Lackey
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Wonderful look into Native American magic and the strength a woman brings to the tribe. ( ) A standard detective story with Native American elements thrown in for local color. Action packed, except for some sections where her opinions on wife abuse, racial prejudice, or sexism were flaunted. A clearly defined Evil, and wrapped up ending are on the plus side. I hate to tag this with Native American as she clearly states that she is not basing that part on reality, but the meme is a large part of the story line, and allows her to include other worldly action. Not a bad book, but I had been saving this on my TBR as a treat and it did not meet my expectations like her SF/fantasy genre does. ETA: seeing that this book won awards in Teen categories helps me understand the audience of this novel a little better, tho I also expect more of writers for that age group also. I couldn't finish it. Honestly, I couldn't even get a quarter of the way into it. It has much the same flavor as her urban fantasy Burning Water, but without the engaging characters or convincing magic system. It didn't help that it has a ton of cultural references scattered everywhere to make it feel "hip" and "modern" but now scream "eighties." (Also? If you lived in Tulsa in the eighties I'm sure plenty of the offhand references will feel very true-to-life, but since I didn't, I just found them tedious and obtrusive.) (It was published in 1994 but I'd bet money it was written at least five if not ten years earlier.) The groveling "please forgive me for appropriating your culture" author's note at the back didn't help, either. In the grand scheme of things this is pretty early Lackey, and I wouldn't mind seeing what she did with urban fantasy as a mature author working in a maturing genre, but this? This is not worth reading. no reviews | add a review
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Jennifer Talldeer is Osage and Cherokee, granddaughter of a powerful Medicine Man. She walks a difficult path: contrary to tribal custom, she is learning a warrior's magics. A freelance private investigator, Jennifer spends hours tracking down stolen Indian artifacts. The construction of a new shopping mall uncovers fragments of human bone, revealing possible desecration of an ancient burial ground. the sabotage of construction equipment implicated Native American activists--particularly Jennifer's old flame, who is more attractive, and more dangerous, than ever. Worst of all, the grave of Jennifer's legendary medicine Man ancestor has been destroyed, his tools of power scattered, and a great evil freed to walk the land. Jennifer must stand against the darkness. If she wavers even for an instant, she will be annihilated, and the world will fall into oblivion. No library descriptions found. |
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