The orenda
By: Joseph Boyden
Publisher: Oneworld; Oneworld Publications
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 490
ISBN-13: 9781780744353; 9781780744407; 9781780744360
Subjects: Iroquois Indians; Fiction; Wyandot Indians; History
Description: A visceral portrait of life at a crossroads, 'The Orenda' opens with a brutal massacre and the kidnapping of the young Iroquois Snow Falls, a spirited girl with a special gift. Her captor, Bird, is an elder and one of the Huron Nation's great warriors and statesmen. It has been years since the murder of his family, and yet they are never far from his mind. In Snow Falls, Bird recognizes the ghost of his lost daughter and sees that the girl possesses powerful magic that will be useful to him on the troubled road ahead. Bird's people have battled the Iroquois for as long as he can remember, but both tribes now face a new, more dangerous threat from afar.