Song of the River

This book is the first part of trilogy about Alaskan Natives who are story tellers. Ms. Harrison really out done herself: the history, the people, and their myths are spectacular. She also vividly recreated the time and atmosphere. While reading her words I felt hot when she described their lodge's fire, cold from the vivid scenes of the frozen wilderness, and hunger from the tempting accounts of sizzling seal and fish. I also cried with the people's sorrow and laughed with their happiness. I think you should buy all three, turn off the TV, and enter the frozen world of the past with a race that sheds light upon your soul.

My heart and mind raced as I dove into the lives of the characters in this story, each so developed and none the same, they made me laugh and cry with them. It is a wonderful thing to look at the story through all eyes, all with a different purpose. I was amazed at the way each little part of this story flowed together to make one of the greatest novels I have ever read. I once again lost hours of sleep and was rudely awaken in the end to find out that I did not live in in the exciting world created in Song of the River, but my own. The hardest thing about Sue's books are when you have to go back to your own life, no longer looking through enchanted eyes, eyes Sue Harrison has so delicatly and thouroughly created.

Phenomenal! I've become so involved with the characters that they almost become a part of me as I'm reading Harrison's books. I read the first trilogy two times -- the first time I've ever reread anything. Each of Sue Harrison's books ends too soon. What a great escape for me! The storytelling is incredibly vivid and I have learned so much about these ancient people. Could anyone recommend a writer of Sue Harrison's caliber that writes about prehistoric cultures? Please email me.

this book was absolutley amazing. Sue harrison is a wonderful writer. The characters come to life in her novels. Her books are so vivid. I could imagine myself in that time period. can not wait to find out what happens in the next book Cry Of THe Wind.

I enjoyed this book and reommend it to anyone who wants a good, solid, engrossing story. Sue Harrison has done meticulous research to write this tale of 6th century B.C .Alaskan human relationships and lifestyles. As an archaeologist I usually pick up similar books with great trepidation since they are all too often written from a modern viewpoint and are filled with 20th century motives, passionate love, predictable plots, etcetera (I recall one whose heroine jumped "onto mat"---no beds in those times---with every warrior she met). "Song of the River", however, gives us believable characters, situations, and conflict resolutions for the time period and locale. In addition, the reader learns about what the technology, belief systems, economy and social structure may have been in prehistoric Alaska. A good book to curl up with and learn from.