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A small group of Lakota live secretly in the Sandhills of Nebraska. This was where Raven Dream was born. A boy who knows no life but hiding by day and hunting at night, Raven is taught to fear the world beyond, full of demons and evil machines. But he finds himself drawn to this other realm too. Story by story, the collection follows the young shaman, and the world he discovers proves stranger and far more dangerous than ours.
"Raven had never seen a wolf. There were plenty of coyotes, both in the world and in the spirit realm. Red forest foxes lurked by the river, and tiny swift foxes hunted voles in the grass. But in his long little life, this man had only imagined what was resting just a few paces from him. Larger than three coyotes, the creature had a powerful long mouth and teeth as big as fingers and vast, vivid eyes filled with smoky light, exposing a soul at least as large as Raven’s soul. He was a male wolf with massive forequarters and paws as big as a man’s hands, and in the absolute silence, the wolf breathed. A slow release of lung-wetted air made a knot of steam that hung between them. Then some of that steam was inhaled again, the sound easy and relaxed. The wolf was studying him. He shifted his haunches, making the snow creak, and the eyes blinked quickly, just once, and then the wolf breathed again. But more deeply this time, his head rearing, the black nose sucking in the cold air, searching for scents, maybe, or maybe just taking pleasure from the dark winter night."
Robert Reed is the author of numerous stories and novels. "Raven Dream" and his descendants have never before been gathered in one volume.
Genre: Science Fiction
"Raven had never seen a wolf. There were plenty of coyotes, both in the world and in the spirit realm. Red forest foxes lurked by the river, and tiny swift foxes hunted voles in the grass. But in his long little life, this man had only imagined what was resting just a few paces from him. Larger than three coyotes, the creature had a powerful long mouth and teeth as big as fingers and vast, vivid eyes filled with smoky light, exposing a soul at least as large as Raven’s soul. He was a male wolf with massive forequarters and paws as big as a man’s hands, and in the absolute silence, the wolf breathed. A slow release of lung-wetted air made a knot of steam that hung between them. Then some of that steam was inhaled again, the sound easy and relaxed. The wolf was studying him. He shifted his haunches, making the snow creak, and the eyes blinked quickly, just once, and then the wolf breathed again. But more deeply this time, his head rearing, the black nose sucking in the cold air, searching for scents, maybe, or maybe just taking pleasure from the dark winter night."
Robert Reed is the author of numerous stories and novels. "Raven Dream" and his descendants have never before been gathered in one volume.
Genre: Science Fiction
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