With THE POWER WE SHARE, award winning Alaskan writer Elyse Guttenberg
begins a new series set in the age of sail in a re-imagined earth.
The heist is on. Molly Sinclair is a pirate and a witch, and if there’s a chance at gold, she’s going to take it.
The isles are a magical world, bordered by ice but never cold. A world where everyone is born human or witch, and magic is the currency of choice. Spells are bought, packaged and sold by the powerful witches’ guild and Molly wants nothing to do with them.
Molly is a craftborn witch, more powerful than most, yet forced to hide her skills. She longs to be free: to sail her ship, protect her younger brother, and stay clear of scheming marketeers, the governor, an absent king and the guild.
But tension in the isles runs high. The years of plenty are fading and people are poor. Power is shifting, and freedom costs money.
When Molly steals a chest full of spells from the governor’s palace, his not-so-royal nephew steps in and a search begins.
Now, Molly needs to find out who is lying and who is telling the truth before the final battle destroys them all.
Shortlisted for the prestigious Crawford Award for BEST FIRST FANTASY novel
by the INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE FANTASTIC IN THE ARTS,
She can enter dreams and travel the land
But can she stop a nightmare before it destroys the world?
When Calyx's father banishes her to the dream temple at Aster, it’s an answer to her prayers for now she will be trained to watch and speak the dreams of others. But learning the ways of a jarak dreamer is more difficult than she imagined and the world is changing. Time is short.
People everywhere are having the same shared dream and the north is growing colder. While priests scheme and a jealous queen stands in her way Edishu, the gods own nightmare, longs to escape his prison and conquer Calyx through her dreams.
Now one woman stands alone to protect her people from the living death of a dread rule.
“With beautiful images of the gods, their portals and far lands… Guttenberg weaves an intriguing story around a surprisingly strong framework of dreams.” — Locus Magazine
“Brilliant and original… Guttenberg has created a mythos that seems entirely original... Rich, vital and believable. I strongly recommend you seek it out” —Aboriginal Science Fiction
“A world rich with poetry, resonant myth, and sensuously drawn characters... Delightful... A treat.” — Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, author of THE HEALER'S WAR
From award winning author Elyse Guttenberg comes SUMMER LIGHT, and
DAUGHTER OF THE SHAMAN
Pre-histories alive with the magic that was abundant when time was new.
Book One: SUMMER LIGHT, A Novel of Ancient Alaska
Follow into Ancient Alaska and the saga of one woman,
chosen by the spirits and called on to save her people.
Elik was not like the others. She could not sew a seal skin with the tiny stitches that would make a kayak watertight, or set a trap as silently as drifting snow. But this she could do: she could sing the spirit songs, almost as well as a shaman.
But to be a shaman and speak with the animal spirits is a dangerous calling for a woman born into a poor family, and a village where a jealous, older shaman fights to stay in power. Yet, through it all, Elik longs to prove herself.
But can she save her people before the harsh winter closes in? Will the spirits reveal their secrets before it’s too late?
“SUMMER LIGHT is excellent, authentic and beautifully written. Reading it is a wonderful experience.”
-- Sue Harrison, author of MOTHER EARTH, FATHER SKY
“Anyone interested in Alaska’s Natives will find much to like in this book, and anyone interested in good,
factually correct fiction will find it irresistible.” --Alaska Magazine
“Guttenberg creates a world based on the Paleo Eskimo cultures of Alaska and a young woman whose skills are less for sewing sealskin and setting traps than for singing the spirit songs. Includes a fascinating afterward about her research which ranged from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, where she lives, to the Arctic ice fields.” Feminist Bookstore News Watch
Book Two: DAUGHTER OF THE SHAMAN
A desperate journey. A woman far from home.
But when she calls, will the spirits answer?
When winter closes in and her new-found friends are starving.
Can she save them before it’s too late?
Elik’s quest to become a shaman continues as she leaves her home behind and travels with her husband on his own desperate attempt to revenge his father’s murder.
But Elik and her husband are soon separated, and she finds herself alone, first with Skinner, a useless, frightened man then suddenly with another, far different sort of person.
Kaviaq is a shaman, strong but kind, powerful but gentle, and filled with promises. He will teach her the ways of the shaman and with it the means to reach the spirits and save her new home from starvation.
But when her husband returns to claim his revenge, Elik is forced to decide between the past and future, and between the two men who claim her love. When winter and the deepest cold arrive, will she find the truth behind the lies in time to save the people from starvation? Will she find the shaman voice inside her, and answer the animal spirits' call?
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