Reviews

"A unique tale...A fascinating look at legends and lore." -"Booklist"
"Take the reader into a green world filled with beauty, mystery and life." -"Los Angeles Daily News"
"The Olympic Peninsula of Washington State is magnificently evoked....In the haunting prologue, an Indian sachem vanquishes a sorcerer's evil spirit by planting a cedar sapling over the grave where he was buried alive. Centuries later, the tree falls to man's hungry saws, and the Caliban is out of the bag.
Jordan Tidewater, tribal sheriff for the Quinault Nation, looks for a rational explanation for the ill wind of violence that gusts through the ancient rainforest. The owner of the logging company that cut down the sacred cedar is killed in an accident, a tour guide and a high school boy disappear, and the wife of Jordan's twin brother goes flying off a cliff.
Jordan and her twin, the local chief of police, get nowhere using conventional forensic procedures. The violence rages on....Jordan finally adopts the shamanistic powers of her ancestors to do battle with the demonic forces of chaos....Stokes' voice takes on a hypnotic hush for the Indian legends, and there are wings to her lyric descriptions of the majestic setting." -"The New York Times Book Review"
"Atmospheric...Stokes writes poetically and effectively about this vanished heritage." -"Publishers Weekly"
""The Clan of the Cave Bear" meets" Twin Peaks." Rangy and Majestic." -"Kirkus Reviews"