- Paperback: 355 pages
- Publisher: Roc (Feb 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0451459113
- ISBN-13: 978-0451459114
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,152,849 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Jessica Rydill's first novel, Children of the Shaman, is set in what seems to be a post-Ice Age far future. There are distorted echoes of our own times in the names and geography and the religions are reminiscent of modern Judaism and Christianity. Teenagers Annat and Malchik have been reunited with their shaman father, Yuda, who left their mother when Annat was a baby. He takes them north by train to Gard Ademar where his friend the sheriff has asked him to investigate the mysterious deaths of several railway workers. Malchik falls under the spell of the evil Cold One and is drawn through a magic shaman gate. Yuda, Annat, the sheriff and his wife follow him into the magical realm of La Souterraine, where they travel through the wintry landscape in a steam train, following the single track available to them. Having found Malchik, they embark on a quest to confront the Cold One, a goddess whose followers attack the train and abduct the accident-prone Malchik. During the adventures that follow, Annat has to learn quickly how to use her shamanic powers to help her father fight off their enemies and to heal his wounds after their frequent battles. She is far more competent than her brother, and the story is partly about her journey into adulthood but Malchik has his own battles to fight. None of the heroes of this book are without flaws and they all come across as very human. While the plot lacks clarity in places, this is an imaginative first novel. --Elizabeth Sourbut
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'Haunting and elegant, this is a masterful first novel. An enchanting story blessed with genuine magic' David Gemmell 'A very accomplished debut' Starburst 'A vividly imagined world' LOCUS 'an absorbing read' STARBURST (GLASS MOUNTAIN) 'A well-written and fluid fantasy story that grips the reader until the very end' ETERNAL NIGHT
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Format:Paperback
Jessica's first novel and her second, The Glass Mountain, deserve to be read by fanasy fans and non-fans alike. She has a wonderful, deep, dark and rich imagination which blends her memories of a French landscape with characaters and traditions from Eastern Europe and Judaism... dusted with a sprinkle of genuine magic, hers and what takes place inside these wonderful stories. She deserves the status of a Dan Brown - she is a much better writer than him!!! - and her third novel is eagerly awaited.
Format:Paperback
Not a big fan of the fantasy genre, I was looking for an interesting take on things. After an hour scouring the bookshelves, I came across Rydill's Shaman and was intrigued. I was not disappointed! She has created a world of heightened reality grounded in familiar spiritual and religious metaphors and given it all a refreshing spin. Her characters are very strong, particularly Yuda and Annat, and it is this strength that carries the story.
Format:Paperback
Not a big fan of the fantasy genre, I was looking for an interesting take on things. After an hour scouring the bookshelves, I came across Rydill's Shaman and was intrigued. I was not disappointed! She has created a world of heightened reality grounded in familiar spiritual and religious metaphors and given it all a refreshing spin. Her characters are very strong, particularly Yuda and Annat, and it is this strength that carries the story.
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An enthralling and rich first novel.
After a slightly confusing start, the richness of the characters soon swept me into the mysterious and developing plot and I was hooked. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2001
An imaginative and original book.
The story is set in a post-apocalyptic Europe, though in this case the apocalypse was an ice age. It revolves around two chldren, Annat and Malchik, who have been brought up by an... Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2001 by Jerry Beckett (jerry@widebloke.com)
This book is magical...
Jessica Rydill has a truly distinctive new voice, unlike any fantasy I have read over the last few years. Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2001
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