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Kessa, a young woman born to the tribes of the misty Great River Valley, beseeches her people’s patron deity the Mountain God for his support in securing a position as a huntress.
Though the motivations of the Mountain God and his shaman Lorn are unclear, she accepts their help with the hopes her enduring dream can be fulfilled. In addition to protecting her own agency, she must survive the valley’s physical dangers such as wild beasts and the enemy tribe of cannibals inhabiting the other side of the river. And she must face the supernatural forces that lurk in the primeval, not the least of which is the insidious and decaying Mad God and his ally the terrifying Devoured Woman, her skeletal figure fire-kissed and enshrouded in unending flames.
The shaman Lorn warns her: “There are many gods in this world. Not all of them are benevolent.”
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Kessa was raised in one of the four villages of the River People, a primitive society that hides within the safety of the misty pine-tree shrouded Great River Valley. Her life has been as safe as such a society can provide, but her unwillingness to accept the expectations of her patriarchal tribe has created rifts between her and her own people. As such, she has beseeched the elders for the right to be a hunter. Female hunters are not unheard of for the River People, but Kessa knows the odds are slim. Even her hunter father is skeptical that her physique can meet the requirements. Her friends doubt her, avoiding the subject to stay clear of Kessa’s fiery temper on the matter. Though her amiable and good-natured childhood friend Roy is supportive of her, he tries to prepare her for disappointment.
Parva does not coddle her, resulting in repeated confrontations between Kessa and the more capable woman. A woman does not become a River hunter by being timid.
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Kessa of the River People
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Lorn, Shaman of the Mountain God
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Parva of the River People
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Calls at Thunder of the Cloud People
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