Desert Rain

by Spirit Walker

Book Overview

Grief-stricken by her young husband's death, Desert Rain leaves her village, eager to join her beloved in the After World. Knowing the dangers of the wilderness, her people send out a search party.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0843949198
• ISBN13: 9780843949193
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Leisure Books
• Length: 375 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.3" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Desert Rain

This is an amazing book! It kept my interest and sat the entire time on my kitchen counter, drawing me to it like a magnet. Different people enjoy different aspects of a book. Some people love character development and others read for the imagery of the setting. I personally enjoy an intricate plot with lots of twists and surprises, and usually find setting and character development much less interesting. Desert Rain has all of these characteristics, and I found myself enjoying setting and character development just as much as the exciting plot. It seemed as though every turn of the page brought new emotions to the surface, from excitement as Arm Bow struggled to save the small boy, changing immediately to sadness when he was killed. I laughed each time Spirit Walker outsmarted the blue coats! I was nervous when Captain Jackson realized that Spirit Walker was disguised as a woman. I loved and admired Spirit Walker just as Desert Rain did. I could tell that this book was written by someone who is very proud of his ancestors and his culture. Yes, there is often some sadness when you have finished a good book - a kind of mourning that the good time is over. But I don't feel that way tonight, because SpiritWalker's next book is now sitting on my kitchen counter!

Deeply Moving

A heart rendering story of the Apache people. The story moves at a fast pace and keeps you wanting to find out what's happening just around the corner. It's filled with a mix of, adventure, romance, family, truth, legend and hope. Good and bad, happy and sad. At places it rings the very heart out of you and at others it lifts you to new hights. It brings to the very for-front the atrocities brought on the Native people by the whites, but at the same time it shows that not all white people were in agreement with the things that were happening. One of the best facual books I've read. At the moment I don't own this book, I borrowed it from the Library, but I will order it now and put it in my Library. It's a keeper.

Wonderful

I have read many books by many authors and I've NEVER been lead to do a review on one. From page one this book caught my heart. The story line and the history was so well put together. By the time my last page was read and the cover closed my heart told me to read it again. This is one beautiful story. Like other readers I can't wait for his next book to come out.

Desert rain

This book is up there with Madeline Baker. It is a book you cannot put down and I will collect all his books and can't wait till his next one. Does Anyone know when his Next book will be out? It is filled with great romance. I like the idea that a man wrote it. I'm native and His writing are good....Keep up the good work Spirit walker. I'm glad Madeline Baker encouraged you to write.....It's awesome. May the Spirit guide you always...

Insightful hisotrical tale

Desert Rain loved her husband Arm Bow so deeply that when he died saving the life of a child her grief overwhelmed her to the edge of oblivion. Desert Rain considered ways to join her beloved in the next life. She slips out of her village knowing how unsafe the wilderness is with feral two legged animals protected by blue coated beasts, but she is on a mission to find a way to rejoin Arm Bow. In the woods Desert Rain encounters the legendary Sprit Walker when he rescues her from some nasty trappers. He keeps her safe as he escorts her back to her people. Once with her tribe Spirit Walker begins to court Desert Rain. The warm romance between the lead couple takes a back seat to the powerfully vivid descriptions of early eighteenth century western America. However, the detail does slow down the plot, but on the other hand provides readers with a rare look at a bygone era. Though advertised as a romance, SpiritWalker's novel is a fabulous historical novel with some romantic elements that spice up the story line. DESERT RAIN will provide pleasure for those readers who prefer a very deep look at the American heritage through a close up perspective on an Indian culture.Harriet Klausner