Cian and Saxon’s meeting in the heart of the Amazon is more than an encounter of two people, it’s the coming together of two different worlds. Their explorations and adventures take them deep into the rain forest and then halfway around the globe in search of a peaceful place to settle down. But instead of finding peace, their shared sense of justice finds them traveling from Europe to New York and back to Brazil, where they must confront the evil network of the ambitious and heartless Oxana, who will stop at nothing to advance her trade in endangered animals as well as women and little girls.
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A Wonderful Adventure,
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This review is from: The Length of The World (Paperback)
The Length of the World held me captive. I just did not want to put itdown.
This is a story of Saxon, Kaitlyn (who are brother and sister), and Kaitlyn's nine-year-old daughter, Rachel. They never settle for long in any one place. They are in the Amazon to find plant specimens for Kaitlyn to study and eventually have papers published regarding their uses. They meet a native woman, Cian, who knows the Amazon like the back of her hand. She becomes their guide and much more. They eventually head, by boat, to Europe, then to New York and back again to the Amazon. During this time, they have met many people, one of whom they will have to deal with again, but in a much bigger way than they had imagined. It seems there is a secret auction for endangered animals and abducted look-a-like women and girls. Charles Brindley is a wonderful writer. The characters are so well written that I felt as if I knew them. They continually amazed me with their resourcefulness and their teaching of each other. He has painted a very detailed, yet succinct, picture of the Amazon that allowed me to feel as if I actually experienced it myself, sans the bug bites. I look forward to more novels by Charles Brindley and I hope to see more adventures of this set of characters as well. I highly recommend this book to everyone. Kelly Singer/author of First Impression
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A Book For All Seasons,
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This review is from: The Length of The World (Paperback)
With the Length of the World the author proves you can write a novel for all people and all seasons. It can be enjoyed by everyone, from your ten-year old to your great-granddad. The adventures of this "unconventional" family have the magic of fantasy books such as Rice Borough's Tarzan, the brief and effective descriptions of comics, the subtle poetry of post-modern romance and the philosophical and ethical reflections on life and death of the classics; all made possible in a page-turning novel by an underlying intelligent and playful sense of humor.
There are no heroes in this story, except Hero the dog, but only in name. However, each character is as much a hero as we all have to be in our everyday life in this disconcerting, magical and sometimes dangerous world we live in. The family, as they call themselves, consists of Saxon, his sister Kaitlin, her daughter Rachel, and their Hero, but soon Cian, a lone Yanomami in the Amazon, will join them. When told simply, the composition of this family and the motivations that take them from one continent to the next seem highly fantastic. Yet, by the first pages, they begin to seem as real and crazy as your own family, and the settings as familiar as your own hometown. This isn't an accident, the skill of the author as a researcher of all things human ground the reader firmly to the real world around us, from the human soul and heart in the love of Saxon and Cian, to the ethno-botanical studies of Kaitlin, the tribal potions of the native Amazonians, the diverse geography and customs, the art of navigating on Captain Sinaways' Borboleta Noiva, the possibilities of the Internet both for good and bad, the environmental and cultural awareness of the Gypsies in their Gatherings in the Pyrenees, and even the solving of contemporary crimes. And again, all this in the simplest of terms and with plenty of action and humor. The scene of the bullfight in Spain possesses the respect and know-how of Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon and the hilarity of a Marx Brothers' comedy in dealing with this most controversial Spanish tradition. Everybody in this family, which could be described as "unconventional" to say the least, has different personalities, drives and projects. Each one is thoroughly independent, even nine-year-old Rachel, but at the same time they're willing to postpone or even sacrifice their personal plans for the others. So this unconventional family is actually better adjusted and loving than most blood-related groups of people. However, it's not the author's intention to preach social change, only perhaps, demonstrate that tolerance and love can go a long way in human relations. What all these characters have in common is their search for a place to settle down eventually, but meanwhile they'll accept all the challenges they encounter and continue investigating how big the world really is. The many other characters they meet and befriend in their journey are just as exceptionally unusual, and once more, quite real. Another remarkable thing about this novel is that there is a subjacent recognition of the power of women without the usual belittling of men. Cian hunts and is an expert in nature, Kaitlin is an herbalist and healer, Miss Lillian is a woman of leisure, Kabilis is a New York cop, and there's everything from homemakers, doubtfully faithful wives, doctors and fortunetellers. None of these women need a man to rescue them, but none reject their help either. It's not a world of equals that could only exist in fiction, however. Through Saxon, greatly outnumbered by the women in the family, it's not hard to tell that it is the author who has spent much time observing in awe all that women are capable of. Very rarely can a man writer integrate both genders so well. In addition, the many settings from the Amazon jungle to Lisbon, Spain, the Pyrenees and New York city, which are in themselves characters, there's an underlying mystery and a band of bad guys led by a woman named Oxana. Just to prove that women can also be rotten. Also rare is to read an American novel in which there are no geographical or cultural errors, and all the languages used are correctly noted, except the tricky Yanomami... My guess is that the author invented the words either because there's hardly any information on this language in most sources, or most likely because Cian was too young to remember her language properly when she was forced to isolation by the group that killed her tribe. This speaks once more of the careful research work of the writer. As a Latin American, I'm appalled to hear that even former president Bill Clinton has located Argentina in Africa in his recently published book! Not to mention president Bush's embarrassing admission that he didn't know there were black people in Brazil. I highly recommend this novel for all people of all reading preferences and all cultures. You'll not only be entertained, but also enlightened painlessly.
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