Friday, August 20, 2010

LAKE IN THE CLOUDS

I have just finished reading the third book in Sara Donati's  Wilderness Series.

The book opens eight years after the last and Nathaniel's half Mohawk daughter Hannah is eighteen and a doctor in training.

Determined to help an escaped slave she plunges her family into danger. Her old childhood friend, Liam Kirby shows up, only to declare himself a bounty hunter, seeking the slave.

Elizabeth and Nathaniel take to the endless forests to deliver the slave to safety, while Hannah is sent to the Kine-Pox Institution in New York in order to learn how to vaccinate the village from small-pox.

A wonderful blend of historical detail and rollicking adventure ensue, coming to a wonderful ending that involves the appearance of a strong, persuasive Mohawk, by the name of Strikes-the Sky.

It took me a few chapters to really get into this book. I think because so much time had passed and many things had changed. The biggest was Hannah being grown up and a greater emphasis on her character. However it didn't take long to be swept in to the adventure and I found it a hard book to put down. I especially enjoyed the historical detail of Hannah's training as a doctor.

Book four is waiting on the shelf, but I'll try to read two or three smaller books from my tottering To Be Read Pile first.

3 comments:

  1. Hi Sue,

    Sounds like it'll be hard to keep away from Book Four, but gotta shorten that TBR pile sooner or later. Happy reading.

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  2. I know what you mean about the reading pile - mine's got to the creaking stage!

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  3. Book sounds intriguing. I can't wait to start the series.

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