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Two ancient tribes on the verge of making peace become foes once more when a double murder jeopardizes a storyteller's mission Eighty centuries ago, in the frozen land that is now Alaska, a clubfooted male child had been left to die, when a woman named K'os rescued him. Twenty years later and no longer a child, Chakliux occupies the revered role as his tribe's storyteller. In the neighboring village of the Near River people, where Chakliux will attempt to make peace by wedding the shaman's daughter, a double murder occurs that sends him on a harsh, enthralling journey in search of the truth about the tragic losses his people have suffered, and into the arms of a woman he was never meant to love. Song of the River is the first book of the Storyteller Trilogy, which also includes Cry of the Wind and Call Down the Stars.

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From the bestselling author of Mother Earth Father Sky, My Sister the Moon and Brother Wind comes a remarkable new novel of an early people who struggle to survive and triumph in a prehistoric wilderness of ice and snow.

From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Mother Earth Father Sky comes an extraordinary new novel of courage and human conflict in a prehistoric wilderness of ice and snow. 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 occurs that sets Chakliux on a remarkable journey. Driven by the ancient songs of sea and sky, earth and animals, the storyteller traverses a harsh, unknown, yet enthralling landscape in search of the strange truth about the offenses for which his people have suffered...and about the hateful, ambitious woman who raised him, who may be his most dangerous enemy of all.

A historical novel on the Aleut people, who inhabited prehistoric Alaska. The hero is Chakliux, a trader of hunting dogs who becomes embroiled in tribal intrigues, leading to murder and the massacre of dogs. Lots of detail on the Aleut way of life.

Twenty years after Chaliux was left in the snow to die because of a birth defect, he is now the master storyteller for his adoptive tribe and has been sent to marry a shaman's daughter, but a double murder has postponed the festivities and he must discover the truth.

K'os, a Cousin River woman, nurses her hatred after being brutalized by a trio of Near River men, and when she discovers an abandoned baby at the site of the attack, she believes him to be a sign that she will eventually be avenged, but when Chakliuk grows to manhood he embarks upon a mission of peace between the two peoples, not realizing his mother is out to sabotage his efforts.

Eighty centuries before our time in Alaska, a woman name K'os is brutually attacked and she vows vengeance on those who have wronged her. The next day, in the same place, she finds an abandoned baby.

"One spring morning, Cam was playing by his house. He watched a trickle of water running through the pine trees. The water splashed and sang in the voice of snow, Come with me. Come with me. I will take you to the sea" --

"Eighty centuries before our time, in the frozen, snowbound interior of a place that will someday be called Alaska, a beautiful young woman called K'os, of the Cousin River Village, is brutally attacked and ravaged by men from the Near River Village. With ruthless passion she vows vengeance on those who have wronged her. The next day, in the same place, K'os finds an abandoned baby - a child with a club foot who's been left to die. She adopts the babe as her own and names him Chakliux."--BOOK JACKET. "Twenty years later, K'os has grown cold and cunning, obsessed with the desire for revenge and eager to create conflict. Chakliux, respected as his tribe's treasured storyteller, is sent back to the village of his birth, where he has been chosen to wed the shaman's daughter in order to bring peace to the Cousin and Near River People. But before he can win the people's trust, a double murder jeopardizes his mission and forces him to travel to distant lands."--BOOK JACKET. "Ultimately Chakliux must grow and learn - driven by the ancient songs of sea and sky, earth and animals - as he seeks the truth about the offenses for which his people have suffered and about the woman who raised him, the hateful and ambitious K'os, who may be his most dangerous enemy of all."--BOOK JACKET.

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