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A Cherokee-inspired trilogy.(The Way of Thorn and Thunder)(Brief article)(Book review)

Colorlines Magazine

| November 01, 2006 | Hernandez, Daisy | COPYRIGHT 2006 Color Lines Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

SOME OF US READ FICTION to get away from these dismal political times. But novelist Daniel Heath Justice gives us a better option: escape to an imaginary world where our rage can literally cause trees to uproot and strike the white men taking our community's land.

Daniel Heath Justice's trilogy The Way of Thorn and Thunder (Kegedonce Press)--the second book was published last month--offers the best in fantasy fiction, that genre of literature dealing with the supernatural. The Cherokee novelist creates a world called Everlands, a place inhabited by those called the Kyn, who were born from the Eternity Tree. The Kyn have three-fingered hands, green skin and sensory ...

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