Walkers of the Wind (First Americans Saga) (Vol 4) (Mass Market Paperback)

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Mesmerizing, dramatic, unsurpasses in scope and suthenticity, this is the fourth exciting volume of the magnificent new series THE FIRST AMERICANS, which began with Beyond the Sea of Ice and continued with Corridor of Storms and Forbidden Land. Following the trek of the woolly mammoth, the great hunter Torka leads a brave band of survivors across the Arctic tundra. But his leadership is threatened from within by a deadly rivalry between the handsome twins Umak and Manaravak for the love of a beautiful, sensual girl, and from without by a mysterious creature called the wanawut, whose howling awakens primitive and terrifying fears. Now, as a firestorm races across the frost-brittle land, Torka and his faithful woman, Lonit, must begin a dangerous odyssey to the home of the wind--a dark and forbidding region from which no human has ever returned.

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Mesmerizing, dramatic, unsurpasses in scope and suthenticity, this is the fourth exciting volume of the magnificent new series THE FIRST AMERICANS, which began with Beyond the Sea of Ice and continued with Corridor of Storms and Forbidden Land. Following the trek of the woolly mammoth, the great hunter Torka leads a brave band of survivors across the Arctic tundra. But his leadership is threatened from within by a deadly rivalry between the handsome twins Umak and Manaravak for the love of a beautiful, sensual girl, and from without by a mysterious creature called the wanawut, whose howling awakens primitive and terrifying fears. Now, as a firestorm races across the frost-brittle land, Torka and his faithful woman, Lonit, must begin a dangerous odyssey to the home of the wind--a dark and forbidding region from which no human has ever returned.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Bantam (August 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553285793
• ISBN-13: 978-0553285796
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #99,002 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing -, September 1, 2001

By A Customer

While well-written enough in a technical sense, the story was very disappointing. The story lurches from disaster to disaster and from sexual interlude to sexual interlude. These were apparently intended to be titillating (but failed) and included animal sex, rape (forced bestiality and child-rape) and incest. While some of the characters (such as an old hunter) were well-realized, most of the main characters were little more than cardboard stereotypes pushed into predictable conflicts, such as the Girl on Drugs and then the Sassy Woman Who Wants To Be A Hunter. Characters were alternately primitive and disconcertingly sophisticated. There was very little detail in how day to day life was carried out; not that I would want the story to have bogged down, but more detail would have conveyed the sense that the author actually had done more than the most cursory research on what people had to do to survive.

In short, the story was little more than an angsty caveman-style "bodice ripper". Ho-hum.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not the best of the series..., May 26, 2000

By	LadyT - See all my reviews

This review is from: Walkers of the Wind (Audio Cassette)

Okay, I liked this book, but not as much as the first three in the "The First American" series. I'll start with the bad first.

What I didn't like was the seeming inability of Manaravak (one of Torka's sons) to come to grips with who and what he actually is. Because of this, he made mistakes that cost his people dearly. I also didn't like the actions of one of the young women in the tribe, and the fact that she was able to get away with things for so long. And while her actions did add to the tension in the story, I had hoped for a different resolution.

Also, a couple of scenes require a stretch of your imagination to believe that such a thing could happen. That I didn't like because it almost transformed the book from an historical adventure to something bordering on fantasy. But since it was a small part, it didn't do much damage.

Now on to what I did like. For one thing, the pace was good. Events moved along at a pretty fast clip that left little room for boredom. And the setting and action was described with sufficient detail to give you a clear picture of what's going on.

The book read like a true adventure story -- there was always something happening that usually involved danger and required a struggle and courage. The plot was also pretty good.

I would recommend this book to all readers, and especially to those who've started on the series. It is a good book and it's still interesting to see how these characters lives are still being shaped.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Incest, Rape, Murder, Pedophilia, February 17, 2006

By	L. Hall-Payne "Fixin' up the place" (Sierra Nevada foothills) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book depicts people at their worst. While it could have been an interesting read about early American hunters and gatherers, the horrific details of rape, incest, pedophilia, and murder just got worse and worse. I began to wonder what the author's purpose was in writing this book. It seemed as though the book was just a venue for writing about pedophelia, which he discusses in great and endless detail.