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Название книги: Queen of the Night
Автор(ы): J Jance
Жанр: Триллер
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Queen-of-the-Night-153560.html
The fourth book in the Brandon Walker series, 2010
In memory of Tony Hillerman, Old White-Haired Man, and all his Brought-Back Children
Prologue
They say it happened long ago that a young woman of the Tohono O’odham, the Desert People, fell in love with a Yaqui warrior, a Hiakim, and went to live with him and his people, far to the South. Every evening, her mother, Old White-Haired Woman, would go outside by herself and listen. After a while her daughter’s spirit would speak to her from her new home far away. One day Old White-Haired Woman heard nothing, so she went to find her husband.“Our daughter is ill,” Old White-Haired Woman told him. “I must go to her.”“But the Hiakim live far from here,” he said, “and you are a bent old woman. How will you get there?”“I will ask I’itoi, the Spirit of Goodness, to help me.”Elder Brother heard the woman’s plea. He sent Coyote, Ban, to guide Old White-Haired Woman’s steps on her long journey, and he sent the Ali Chu Chum O ’odham, the Little People-the animals and birds-to
Название книги: Queen of the Night
Автор(ы): J Jance
Жанр: Триллер
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Queen-of-the-Night-153560.html
The fourth book in the Brandon Walker series, 2010
In memory of Tony Hillerman, Old White-Haired Man, and all his Brought-Back Children
Prologue
They say it happened long ago that a young woman of the Tohono O’odham, the Desert People, fell in love with a Yaqui warrior, a Hiakim, and went to live with him and his people, far to the South. Every evening, her mother, Old White-Haired Woman, would go outside by herself and listen. After a while her daughter’s spirit would speak to her from her new home far away. One day Old White-Haired Woman heard nothing, so she went to find her husband.“Our daughter is ill,” Old White-Haired Woman told him. “I must go to her.”“But the Hiakim live far from here,” he said, “and you are a bent old woman. How will you get there?”“I will ask I’itoi, the Spirit of Goodness, to help me.”Elder Brother heard the woman’s plea. He sent Coyote, Ban, to guide Old White-Haired Woman’s steps on her long journey, and he sent the Ali Chu Chum O ’odham, the Little People-the animals and birds-to
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