WolfShe

In 1700, a great wave sinks entire islands in the Puget Sound, leaving a three-year-old indigenous girl the sole survivor. A medicine woman on a distant island, Ama, finds and raises the child as WolfShe and trains her in healing arts.WolfShe grows into a powerful medicine woman, one haunted by the loss of her family. Not knowing her totem, she fears no ancestors will greet her at the gate to the Land of Mists when she dies. Without their help she could be forever lost in the Land of Shadow Fog.Pale Face, an invader and trapper, hunts WolfShe and her wolf. But he carries a more terrible threat than his knife, a disease that kills. In trying to escape him, WolfShe discovers her fate as a healer and her true totem.

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In 1700, a great wave sinks entire islands in Puget Sound, leaving a three-year-old indigenous girl the sole survivor. A local medicinewoman, Ama, finds and raises the child as WolfShe and trains her inhealing arts.WolfShegrows into a powerful medicine woman, one haunted by the loss of herfamily. Not knowing her totem, she fears no ancestors will greet her atthe gate to the Land of Mists when she dies. Without their help shecould be forever lost in the Land of Shadow Fog. Pale Face, an invader and trapper, hunts WolfShe and her wolf. But hecarries a more terrible threat than his knife, a disease that kills. Intrying to escape him, WolfShe discovers her fate as a healer and hertrue totem.

About the Author

Dyan Dubois trained as a visual artist. She paints with words. Her loveof travel and respect for world cultures shows in the literary geography she creates for her characters. Combining fantasy with factual history, malleable time, and ancient mythological whispers, Dyan creates afictional tapestry of mysterious plots.As a Fulbright scholar,she lived in Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. She has traveled to Indiaoften, her husband's birthplace. When she retired as a college visualarts professor, she began her life as an author, having written foryears in the closet. She lives in the Sierra Mountains ofCalifornia with coyotes--and bears who occasionally break in looking for porridge--where she communes with nature, writes, paints, and makesstained glass panels.

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