Medicine for the dead
By: Arianne 'Tex' Thompson
Series: Children of the drought -- book two
Publisher: Solaris
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9781781083079; 9781781083062
Subjects: Shapeshifting; Fiction
Description: Two years ago, the crow-god Marhuk sent his grandson to Sixes. Two nights ago, a stranger picked up his gun and shot him. Two hours ago, the funeral party set out for the holy city of Atali'Krah, braving the wastelands to bring home the body of Dulei Marhuk. Out in the wastes, one more corpse should hardly make a difference. But the blighted landscape has been ravaged by drought, twisted by violence, and warped by magic - and no-one is immune. Vuchak struggles to keep the party safe from monsters, marauders, and his own troubled mind. Weisei is being eaten alive by a strange illness. And fearful, guilt-wracked Elim hopes he's only imagining the sounds coming from Dulei's coffin.