{"product_id":"bitter-echo-of-memory-celu-amberstone-9781990581236","title":"Bitter Echo of Memory","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor resisting soldiers from the Empire, Tasimu and his friends are sentenced to a live-away school which they realize is a prison for children. How can his magical gifts help them here? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBitter Echo of Memory\u003c\/em\u003e deals with issues of ritual abuse and cultural disintegration as these young people are mistreated by their schoolmasters. But it is also a story where loyalty for one's family and people triumphs over a need for selfish desires and personal power. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKashallan Press is proud to release\u003cem\u003e Bitter Echo of Memory, \u003c\/em\u003e the fourth book in the \u003cstrong\u003eTales of Tasimu\u003c\/strong\u003e series by celebrated author Celu Amberstone. The first book in this series, \u003cem\u003eTaste of Memory\u003c\/em\u003e, was previously published in a shorter form by Kegedonce Press in 2012, with the title \u003cem\u003eThe Dreamer's Legacy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTruly an interesting book. It takes a familiar story of the colonization of Indigenous people, and gives it a new and exotic twist. Celu Amberstone has fashioned a truly original take on aboriginal storytelling - it teaches, entertains, and mystifies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Drew Hayden Taylor (author of\u003cem\u003e The Night Wanderer: A Native Gothic Novel\u003c\/em\u003e, Motorcycles and Sweetgrass)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis chronicle of an expulsion and forced migration of a peaceful nation by colonists, set in an alternate world. Narrated by a young boy of the tribe who discovers injustice, and his own filiation. A heartfelt story with a touch of spiritual. (Loosely inspired by the true history of the Cherokee nation, \"legally\" chased from their ancestral lands.)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEcrit avant la publication de The Way of Thorn and Thunder de D H justice, me rappelle ce dernier livre pour l'inventivité et l'intrigue qui se déroule sur un monde secondaire. Les deux romans reprennent des thèmes autochtones en fantasy, puisque une première nation locale est chassée de son territoire et un adolescent révolté découvre sa filiation spirituelle.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Michèle Laframboise (author of\u003cem\u003e Mistress of the Winds\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn original and gripping story. Amberstone transports us to a sad, wild land that is not of our world to tell a heart-warming story from another culture and another time.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Dave Duncan (award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Seventh Sword\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e A Man of His Word\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e A Handful of Men\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMerges the mythic aboriginal world with the grim realities of cultural disintegration. \u003c\/em\u003eThe Dreamer's Legacy\u003cem\u003e is a compelling read.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Eileen Kernaghan (author of \u003cem\u003eWild Talent: a Novel of the Supernatural\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Celu Amberstone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1990581234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781990581236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kashallan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d","brand":"Celu Amberstone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800759709951,"sku":"9781990581236","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bitter-echo-of-memory-celu-amberstone-9781990581236","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}