Face of the Rising Sun (First Americans Saga) [Mass Market Paperback]

William Sarabande (Author)

Book Description

Series: First Americans Saga | Publication Date: September 6, 1996

A warmer sun fills the sky as the great Ice Age is ending and a new and savage epoch descends upon the land. Warakan, son of war chiefs and spirit masters, wanders alone in the primeval forest, searching for the mysterious great white mammoth and the totemic power it can give him. He escaped into the wilderness as a boy and has now become a man, torn between his yearning for peace and companionship--and his desire for blood and vengeance. Under the shadowing wings of a golden eagle he is about to fulfill his destiny.

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A warmer sun fills the sky as the great Ice Age is ending and a new and savage epoch descends upon the land. Warakan, son of war chiefs and spirit masters, wanders alone in the primeval forest, searching for the mysterious great white mammoth and the totemic power it can give him. He escaped into the wilderness as a boy and has now become a man, torn between his yearning for peace and companionship--and his desire for blood and vengeance. Under the shadowing wings of a golden eagle he is about to fulfill his destiny.

About the Author

Joan Hamilton Cline is the real name of William Sarabande, author of the internationally bestselling First Americans series. She was born in Hollywood, California, and started writing when she was seventeen. First published in 1979, Joan has been writing as William Sarabande for eleven years. She lives with her husband in Fawnskin, California.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Domain (September 6, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553560301
• ISBN-13: 978-0553560305
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.3 x 6.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #318,421 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Joan Hamilton Cline is the real name of William Sarabande, author of the internationally bestselling First Americans series. She was born in Hollywood, California, and started writing when she was seventeen. First published in 1979, Joan has been writing as William Sarabande for eleven years. She lives with her husband in Fawnskin, California.

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I have to give Ms. Sarabande credit..., February 13, 2002

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GeoX "GeoX" (Men...Of...The...Sea!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Face of the Rising Sun (First Americans Saga) (Mass Market Paperback)

This may not be great literature or anything, but it was fun. You see, after getting through Shadow of the Watching Star, you see, I found myself utterly burnt out on this series. Sarabande's world was just becoming SO utterly cold and vicious, and the plights of the heroes (when there even ARE 'heroes') were so incredibly depressing that I just wasn't liking it very much, even if it did have a certain bleak integrity. And then the image I'd mentally developed of the author was shattered when I learned she was a she--and I just couldn't go on. I'd had enough.

However, eventually I did take a crack at the latest book--Face of the Rising Sun--and, surprise surprise, I enjoyed it. I think--know, in fact--that a lot of this stems from the fact that there are no real 'villains' here, and hence no soul-crushingly grim situations to deal with. In fact, the characters listed in the front of the book are, with the exception of sundry animals, spirits, and hallucinations, the ONLY characters in the book. While there's still some pretty heavy drama (mostly concerning the coming-of-age of Xokantakeh's (big fat sp?) daughters), but I never had to force myself to keep going--it was compelling rather than off-putting. And Warakan is still one of Sarabande's best characters, in spite of his bafflingly irrational obsession with Mah-ree(sp?). I WAS somewhat angry over the senseless death of one of the characters, but since when has Sarabande ever let sentiment override reality? One must take the good with the not-so-good, I suppose. And there's considerably more here that's good than otherwise. If you've given up the series before now for the reasons that I had, take heart: it does get better. And I'll certainly have a go at the third story arc when time permits, though not without a certain trepidation--is this the start of a kinder, gentler William Sarabande, or is it just an aberration? My money's on the latter, unfortunately, but now that I'm newly invigorated, her prose might be good enough to make it enjoyable regardless.

2.0 out of 5 stars Good beach read, September 28, 2007

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This review is from: Face of the Rising Sun (First Americans Saga) (Mass Market Paperback)

I personally like the books that she writes with her husbands better. This book is not very compelling and is a hard one to get into. Too much detail and not enough story. It is as though she wants to impress you with her acient tales of the tribes rather than about each character. I would either pass or buy used. Not worth the money for new.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars next book after, October 17, 2003

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This review is from: Face of the Rising Sun (First Americans Saga) (Mass Market Paperback)

I was wondering what book comes after Face of the Rising Sun? it seems that Warakan must have got left somewhere in this book, does the next book even talk about what happened to Warakan?
The next book is Time Beyond Beginning?