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"Some rare novels defy
labels. The Firekeeper is such a book. An intricately detailed
historical novel....a mystical journey a breathtaking adventure tale, and a passionate
exploration of the human heart. This is a book to savor when you truly want to lose
yourself in another world."
--Morgan Llywelyn, author of Lion of Ireland
"To read The
Firekeeper is to be transported to another time and place, and leave it measurably
enlightened.
--James A. Michener
"Exciting...memorable,
almost mythical characters...This fascinating historical novel offers just the right mix:
an involving story which imparts a deeper understanding, that many of the important
principles upon which this nation was founded were based on Native American as well as
European visions."
--Jean M. Auel, author of The Clan of the Cave Bear
"The Firekeeper
is an engrossing, captivating book. Its accounts of Native American shamans and
their encounters with Europeans ring true...The result is an intriguing story that is
richly textured, and a coterie of characters that never fails to fascinate the
reader."
--Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., co-author of Personal Mythology and Dreamworking
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THE FIREKEEPER
An epic adventure based on the
extraordinary historical story of Sir William Johnson, and the author's dreams of a Mohawk
"woman of power" and a warrior shaman who lived three centuries ago.
Forge, New York
$6.95 paperback;
ISBN: 0-812-54847-7
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THE INTERPRETER
A visionary journey into the
crucible in which America was born, a tale of love and war and of a master shaman who
folds time to seek the key to the survival of his people.
Forge, New York
$6.95 paperback;
ISBN: 0-812-54848-5
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"The
harsh reality, the natural beauty and the mystical wonder of the American frontier is
vividly rendered in this spellbinding fictional profile of a genuinely remarkable
pioneer...Painstakingly researched and richly steeped in authentic period detail, the
evocative narrative unfolds into a vibrant tale of courage and adventure."
--Margaret Flanagan, Booklist
"Rich in historical detail and meticulously researched, the narrative skips
easily back and forth from the New World to the Old."
--Publishers Weekly
(Author's note): The
Interpreter flows from some extraordinary personal experiences that began when I
moved to a farm in upstate New York in the mid-1980s and started dreaming in a
language I did not know, which proved to be an archaic form of Mohawk. Eventually I
studied Mohawk to interpret my dreams, and learned about the shamanic dream
practices of the First Peoples of Northeast America. The Interpreter
describes the encounter between Conrad Weiser -- a young German refugee who became famous
as Pennsylvania's Indian interpreter -- and the Mohawks in a dark time of war and imported
disease. It also describes the initiation of a young Mohawk healer, Island Woman,
and her training under the tutelage of a remarkable shaman nicknamed Longhair who is still
revered among traditional Iroquois. Longhair teaches that big dreams are flights of
the soul and that nothing happens in ordinary reality until it is dreamed. The
climactic sequence, set on Gay Head in Martha's Vineyard, also springs straight from my
dreams and involves a close encounter with the spiritual entity the Wampanoag Indians call
Moshup.
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