Yikes, this book was pretty much glorified violence.
But we'll get back to that. "Walkers of the Wind" is the fourth book in
the First Americans saga by William Sarabande. This is a series meant
to be read in order, so you need to go start at "Beyond the Sea of Ice".
Torka
and his band have lived in the Eastern lands for awhile, and they have
lived well. With him as headsman, life has settled into a routine and
they have been able to watch their children grow. But that all changes
one day when a prairie fire sweeps the land. Some of his band are
injured and they must move, ever onward, and ever eastward. Things are
further complicated when both of his twin sons want the same girl and
jealousy rises between them. And considering the girl has brought
nothing but trouble, Torka isn't sure how to handle the rising animosity
between the members of his band.
Torka was actually better in
this book. He made firm, level-headed decisions. Lonit, sadly, was
again mostly in the background. She went from being such a strong
character to being only a mother, and while that's an important job, she
only gets that role to show off her unique qualities. She's more than
that. Naya, the troublesome girl who both twins like doesn't have any
redeeming qualities. We're supposed to dislike her for most of the
novel, and that is very easy to do. She's the equivalent of a spoiled
brat kid who can never get enough new toys in today's world. Larani,
her playmate, on the other hand is another strong character who faces a
lot of hardships and overcomes them. I could probably detail out the
rest of Torka's band for you, but if you read the series, you'll get a
chance to know them.
While I was glad to see the continuation of
the series and what happened to Torka's band, there was a lot of
upheaval in this book. And it ended in a way I didn't really expect and
made me wonder what the next book would cover. The writing was
descriptive, as usual. But the problem is this time it was too
descriptive when it came to the violence and hard things. Sarabande
always has hard topics in this series. But there was a lot of rape in
this one. Including an overly descriptive rape scene of a child that I
had to skim over because it was too hard to read. And there's not much
that is too hard for me to read, so I'm telling you, this was bad. As
said before, it just seemed like glorified violence, like Sarabande was
trying very hard just to shock people. It kind of ruined the book for
me.
I'll still continue reading the series, mainly because I have
more books sitting on my shelf, but I hope that a few changes are
made. I enjoy reading about the life and journies of the people in this
book, but I don't enjoy violence that is meant to shock rather than
improve the quality of the book.
Walkers of the Wind
Copyright 1990
420 pages
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