The Listening Ones

Absolutely spell binding. I couldn't put it down until I was through. Makes you want to believe in the magic Indians claim exists. Both fascinating and frightening.

This book kept my interest throughout the entire novel. So much going on and so much detail.

I felt this book was wonderfully done. Being from the Pacific Northwest I could relate to much of what the author was trying to portray in regards to the area and the people. What I enjoyed the most is an insight of our wonderful Native American culture. I was quite intrigued by such a beautiful outlay of one of the Indian cultures. I have just completed this magnificent book and have just purchased "The Tree People" this weekend. I hope to finish that very soon. To the author, please continue writing. I really have enjoyed "The Listening Ones", please don't stop now!

The story is average, but the descriptions of the places are outstanding. The author writes well of what she sees. An average mind can take some interesting 'armchair hikes' with this book only to be stimulated to see the reality of it. My wife and I went twice last year and will return in May...

There is malevolence spreading throughout the Quinalt Nation, located along the shores of the Olympic Peninsula in the state of Washington. Evil forces have been set in motion when men from another country desecrate the Native American land with the ritual sacrifice of their orphaned nephew. The corpse of the lad is found by Jordan Tidewater, tribal sheriff. Recently Jordan was deputized as a U.S. Marshal in order to help locate and halt the smuggling operations that are killing native wildlife to glean their valuable body parts. ...... The death of the eight year old who is about the same age as her own child, makes Jordan vulnerable to the charms of Loma Clemente, a visitor to the area who claims he is seeking to buy machinery that will be exported to his homeland to cut down the forest for the much needed timber. Jordan feels a deep passion for the enigmatic and exotic stranger, an emotion that she has not felt since her cheating husband destroyed her personal image of herself several years ago. The sheriff does not have much time to enjoy her awakening feelings. Forces are at work that are on the brink of unleashing death and destruction upon her people unless the shaman-law officer can uncover and squash them in time. ...... Naomi M. Stokes ingeniously paints a vivid and colorful picture of the Pacific Northwest, imbuing the area with a sacred and haunting mysticism that feels compellingly real. THE LISTENING ONES invokes a sense of otherworldly existence in everyday life. This allows the reader to comfortably switch paradigms from the more familiar Judeo-Christian teachings. By easing the audience into viewing this different perspective of the world, the novel becomes a rare glimpse into understanding another value system of beliefs, turning the work into that rare experience, an extremely enjoyable and educational reading moment. ......Harriet Klausner