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De Lint's first adult fantasy novel in 8 years weaves a rich tapestry of story with classic CdL elegance. Young Thomas Corn Eyes sees into the otherworld, but all he wants to do is get off the rez. Steve Cole escaped from his rock star life to disappear into the desert and mountains. Fifteen-year-old barrio kid Sadie Higgins has been discarded once too often. Blogger Leah Hardin needs to leave Newford, come to terms with the loss of her best friend, and actually engage with her life. When these lives collide in the Hierro Maderas Mountains, they must struggle to escape their messy pasts and find a way to carve a future for themselves.They don't just have to learn how to survive. They have to learn how to fly.
Author Notes
Charles de Lint, an extraordinarily prolific writer of fantasy works, was born in the Netherlands in 1951. Due to his father's work as a surveyor, the family lived in many different places, including Canada, Turkey, and Lebanon. De Lint was influenced by many writers in the areas of mythology, folklore, and science fiction.
De Lint originally wanted to play Celtic music. He only began to write seriously to provide an artist friend with stories to illustrate. The combination of the success of his work, The Fane of the Grey Rose (which he later developed into the novel The Harp of the Grey Rose), the loss of his job in a record store, and the support of his wife, Mary Ann, helped encourage de Lint to pursue writing fulltime. After selling three novels in one year, his career soared and he has become a most successful fantasy writer.
De Lint's works include novels, novellas, short stories, chapbooks, and verse. He also publishes under the pseudonyms Wendelessen, Henri Cuiscard, and Jan Penalurick. He has received many awards, including the 2000 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection for Moonlight and Vines, the Ontario Library Association's White Pine Award, as well as the Great Lakes Great Books Award for his young adult novel The Blue Girl. His novel Widdershins won first place, Amazon.com Editors' Picks: Top 10 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of 2006. In 1988 he won Canadian SF/Fantasy Award, the Casper, now known as the Aurora for his novel Jack, the Giant Killer. Also, de Lint has been a judge for the Nebula Award, the World Fantasy Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Award and the Bram Stoker Award.
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Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Legendary entities, ordinary mortals, and individuals somewhere in between fill this wondrous tale set in the Arizona badlands (part of the same world as the fictional Canadian city of Newford, which de Lint last visited in 2009's Muse and Reverie). Steve Cole has lived a mostly solitary life in the desert for years, but when he sees 16-year-old Sadie Higgins dumped from a car miles from anywhere, he can't resist the urge to help the troubled young woman. His well-intentioned act is the first of a series of events that engulf his neighbors on the Kikimi reservation as well as many of the Cousins, animal and plant people who can also choose human shape. Sadie contacts Leah Hardin, a Newford blogger, to suggest that Steve is actually famous rocker Jackson Cole, and then falsely accuses Steve of rape. Meanwhile, the Cousins call in a Night Woman to dispense justice to a Kikimi who has led Cousin hunts. Thomas Corn Eyes, a potential shaman, must try to mediate. Aggie White Horse, a tribal elder older than anyone knows, and Calico, Steve's Cousin lover, also have their parts to play in this tale that is ultimately about redemption. De Lint's portrayal of the fictional Kikimi tribe is respectful and detailed, with well-rounded characters who avoid clichés. This magnificent story, full of the wonders of the human spirit and the powers of the otherworld, will thrill fantasy readers, including those unfamiliar with de Lint's Newford stories. (Aug.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
In his feel-good return to adult fantasy, De Lint (Eyes like Leaves, 2009) intertwines the lives of four troubled people who make lasting changes to the semifractured community of the (fictional) Painted Lands Kikimi reservation. Eighteen-year-old Thomas Corn Eyes feels trapped on the rez: though he can see into the spirit world, he doesn't want to be shaman; he wants to see the rest of the world. Steve, a self-proclaimed desert rat living close to the Kikimi, has left behind the rock-star life that caused him so much heartache, but he hasn't made peace with it. Leah, a blogger for a site about '70's rock band Diesel Rats, can't move on from her obsession until she understands her friend's suicide. Fifteen-year-old Sadie is full of self-loathing; when her abusive father abandons her in the desert, it's another sign that people are cruel and worthless, including her. De Lint's wandering, character-rich tale is profuse with story, imagery, magic, and wisdom; it concludes with a humanizing message about honoring everyone's need for respect, kindness, and second chances.--Krista Hutley Copyright 2018 Booklist
Library Journal Review
Steve Cole is an old desert rat, living quietly in the hills above the Kikimi reservation in the American Southwest with his unusual girlfriend. Calico is ma'inawo, one of the magic people of the otherworld who can transform into different animals. Blogger Leah Hardin has written about the rock band the Diesel Rats for years, after falling in love with their music following her best friend's suicide. Teen Sadie walks in trouble wherever she goes, hurting herself and others in her desperation to escape her abusive father. When Steve rescues Sadie in the desert, she repays his kindness by revealing his secret identity as the long-lost Diesel Rats front man to Leah in the hopes for a quick cash payoff. With the help of his friends on the rez and in the otherworld, Steve must come to terms with his past and present, help Sadie find a better path, and heal the growing breach among the people who call the Painted Lands home. Like de Lint's (Moonheart) other works, this novel, first self-published in 2017 and now issued in a limited edition, is about renewal and forgiveness, the delicate nature of the human psyche, and the power of choosing change. VERDICT To read a de Lint novel is to let yourself believe in the power of magic. Highly recommended.-Jennifer Beach, Longwood Univ. Lib., Farmville, VA © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.