This third installment of Rudolfo Anaya’s Sonny Baca mystery series has the private detective confined to a wheelchair. Brutal battles with his nemesis Raven have taken their toll and Baca is struggling to regain his health.
Nights of fitful sleep and intermittent dreams introduce Owl Woman, one of Sonny’s ancestors and the sixteenth-century daughter of a shaman. As Sonny sleeps, Raven abducts Owl Woman and soon, one by one, each of Sonny’s forebears begin to disappear. Immobilizing Sonny physically was Raven’s first goal; now he wants to destroy Sonny’s soul by erasing his history.
Be aware that if you only skate on the surface, you will miss the depth of the story. You have to dive head-first, literally, into the waves of poetic prose to catch a glimpse of the forces that keep our universe together."—La Voz
"Shaman Winter is a creative, entertaining, spiritual, and wonderful mystery."—BookReview.com
"The fast-paced story line of Shaman Winter is fascinating and absolutely eerie as the master paints a vivid picture of the spirituality of another culture."—Harriet Klausner, ThrillingDetective.com
Rudolfo Anaya, widely acclaimed as one of the founders of modern Chicano literature, is professor emeritus of English at the University of New Mexico. He is best known for the classic Bless Me Ultima.
