Legend

by Laura Baker and Xio Axelrod

FBI agent Jackson Walker heads back to his hometown to solve a string of vicious crimes, the latest victim being a self-proclaimed shaman. Ainii Henio becomes the number one suspect for wanting to see... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312966628
• ISBN13: 9780312966621
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

A sensitive portrayal of the southwest.

Since there are several synopsis already listed, I'll just say, Laura Baker gives a true feeling of the southwest, and I compare her favorably with Tony Hillerman. Her descriptions are eloquent and I look forward to reading more of her books. Having recently moved from New Mexico to the midwest, reading Legend made me homesick.

Legend mixes myth with reality into a powerful story of love

Ainii and Jackson are all too human in their dreams and fears. All too human in their desires. But within them lies the power to face the beast and find the balance. Laura Baker does a superb job blending mysticism and romance into a stunning story of good versus evil . . . of love. This is the first of her books that I've read, but it certainly won't be the last. I just ordered Stargazer!

Absolutely Fascinating!!

I guessed quickly who was the Yenaldlooshi, but still I was surprised by the reality. I almost cried when the Yenaldlooshi was killed, for I did not want him to die. Even though he was responsable for a series of brutal murders. He was only human, battling a great evil. That is essentially what this book is about, the battle between good and evil. Jackson Walker, who's own mysterious past leads back to the reservation and Ainnii's father, has no belief in the supernatural, until he is forced to face its reality. I couldn't leave the book until I had read all the way through and even now, my mind shifts through the hidden facets of the story and in my heart, there is a deep saddness for the Yenaldlooshi, the true victim in the novel.

A very special romance

When he was three, his tribe gave Jackson Walker up for adoption to a white couple. He had never returned until a serial killer began to ply his profession among the Native Americans. A Fed, Jackson is sent to solve the murders haunting the people of Navaholand, Arizona.The prime suspect is Ainii Henio, who had the motive of avenging the death of her father who was killed by the last victim of the serial killer. Jackson, whose psychic abilities has made him one of the top investigators of impossible to solve cases, begins his inquiries with Ainii. However, both are stunned by the raw passion that flows between them. Still, she believes the killer is an evil shapechanger while his Anglo education refuses to accept the ancient superstitions of the Navahos. With the chasm between their belief systems, the probability of a long-term relationship is remote, especially if a mass murderer has any say. With only her second modern day Native American romance, anyone gazing at the stars will realize that Laura Baker is heading on a path that ends at her being considered a LEGEND. Like her first novel, the story line is a marvelous romantic suspense that brilliantly merges Native American folklore with psychological terror wrapped within a heated romance. Fans of the sub-genres need to read the works of Ms. Baker if they want to peruse some of the best Native American romantic suspense books in the last few years.Harriet Klaqusner

A Beautiful haunting romance

When he was three, his tribe gave Jackson Walker up for adoption to a white couple. He had never returned until a serial killer began to ply his profession among the Native Americans. A Fed, Jackson is sent to solve the murders haunting the people of Navaholand, Arizona. The prime suspect is Ainii Henio, who had the motive of avenging the death of her father who was killed by the last victim of the serial killer. Jackson, whose psychic abilities has made him one of the top investigators of impossible to solve cases, begins his inquiries with Ainii. However, both are stunned by the raw passion that flows between them. Still, she believes the killer is an evil shapechanger while his Anglo education refuses to accept the ancient superstitions of the Navahos. With the chasm between their belief systems, the probability of a long-term relationship is remote, especially if a mass murderer has any say. With only her second modern day Native American romance, anyone gazing at the stars will realize that Laura Baker is heading on a path that ends at her being considered a LEGEND. Like her first novel, the story line is a marvelous romantic suspense that brilliantly merges Native American folklore with psychological terror wrapped within a heated romance. Fans of the sub-genres need to read the works of Ms. Baker if they want to peruse some of the best Native American romantic suspense books in the last few years. Harriet Klausner