Shaman Winter - Hardcover

Anaya, Rudolfo A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0446523747 ISBN 13: 9780446523745

Publisher: Grand Central Pub, 1999

Synopsis

Wheelchair-bound after a brutal battle with his archenemy Raven, Sonny's days have been spent in slow recovery while his nights have been tormented by strange dreams...
The world of spirits is the world of dreams, says Sonny's mentor, Don Eliseo. A wise elder and keeper of the past, he reveals that Owl Woman was Sonny's ancestor, and that the man who carried her off was none other than Raven, the Bringer of Curses. Raven has entered Sonny's dreams with one murderous agenda: to capture his soul by destroying his history.
Thus the nightmares rage on. One by one, in dream after dream.. century after century...Sonny's ancestors disappear. And in order to fight Raven, he must be initiated into the realm of the spirit.
In his waking life Sonny is hired to find the mayor's daughter - kidnapped the night she stars in a Christmas pageant. To his horror he discovers four black feathers on the vanished teen's pillow - the mark of Raven. Before long, another girl disappears. But what is the connection between the vanishing girls and the women in Sonny's dreams?
A series of devastating revelations soon leads Sonny to uncover a plot by Raven that could bring down the city...the nation...and the world.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Famed for capturing the flavor of Hispanic New Mexico, Rudolfo Anaya now plunges his charismatic Sonny Baca into his most fascinating mystery yet.

Wheelchair-bound by day, Alburquerque P.I. Sonny Baca is tormented by night with strange dreams: One by one, his female ancestors are abducted before his eyes. Soon Sonny learns the worst. His old archenemy, Raven, is controlling the nightmares and planning to destroy Sonny's past. In present-day Alburquerque, the situation is just as chilling: Young women are being kidnapped and the only clues are four black feathers. Now Sonny must detect the connection between the spirit world and this all-too-worldly city ...before more lives are lost and even the earth itself is threatened.

From the Inside Flap:

Sonny Baca returns in this eerie and supernatural struggle with his nemesis Raven.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Pub
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0446523747
• ISBN 13: 9780446523745
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 374