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20th out of 86 books
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60 voters
Sacred Ground (Jennifer Talldeer )
Jennifer Talldeer is Osage and Cherokee, granddaughter of a powerful Medicine Man. She walks a difficult path: contrary to tribal custom, she is learning a warrior's magics. A freelance private investigator, Jennifer spends hours tracking down stolen Indian artifacts.
The construction of a new shopping mall uncovers fragments of human bone, revealing possible desecration of...more
The construction of a new shopping mall uncovers fragments of human bone, revealing possible desecration of...more
Paperback, 384 pages
Published
May 15th 1995
by Tor Books
(first published 1994)
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I really liked this book, though it's basically a continuation of the Diana Tregarde books -- with Jennifer Talldeer and her Amerind ancestry replacing Di and her witch ancestry.
3-27-2011: Well, just re-read this book. The story was still good, fun to read. Except: Can someone explain why, in ONE paragraph, she starts by insisting that they had no cable, but when they got cable (?) they left the antenna up?
3-27-2011: Well, just re-read this book. The story was still good, fun to read. Except: Can someone explain why, in ONE paragraph, she starts by insisting that they had no cable, but when they got cable (?) they left the antenna up?
Dec 22, 2010
Jeremy Preacher
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I couldn't finish it. Honestly, I couldn't even get a quarter of the way into it. It has much the same flavor as her urban fantasy Burning Water, but without the engaging characters or convincing magic system. It didn't help that it has a ton of cultural references scattered everywhere to make it feel "hip" and "modern" but now scream "eighties." (Also? If you lived in Tulsa in the eighties I'm sure plenty of the offhand references will feel very true-to-life, but since I didn't, I just found th...more
Another Mercedes Lackey Mary-Sue, although that's putting it undiplomatically, since that is basically her genre home. Many of the characters exhibit only faint hints of what might be charitably called 'characterisation', but at least these cardboard cut-outs are not rescued from their tragic pasts by bards, elves or shiny white ponies. You might call it a step in the right direction. Despite this, the story suffers for the lack of comfortable intertextuality that even unrelated Valdemar novels...more
The only thing I remember about this book is that I actually ripped it half after I was done reading it. It's not that it's the worst book I ever read, I actually don't recall hating it.
But I was just so ambivalent about the book that I wanted to see if I could rip it in half (like the phonebook trick, across the spine).
Turns out that a paperback is not as thick as a phonebook, and that it's quite easy to rip in half. That was the end of the book, but I didn't seem to care at the time.
It was qui...more
But I was just so ambivalent about the book that I wanted to see if I could rip it in half (like the phonebook trick, across the spine).
Turns out that a paperback is not as thick as a phonebook, and that it's quite easy to rip in half. That was the end of the book, but I didn't seem to care at the time.
It was qui...more
Not so much a romance as including a romantic strand in the plot. I like the presentation of Native Americans maintaining their identity in the general community, the weaving in of magic as if it obviously exists and the strong sense of place. A book that grows on me with each re-read. It takes up the challenge on a number of social issues.
All the folks who luv some Urban Fantasy these days should see if they can find this 15 year old book. It is the classic thing. Private investigator heroine who is small, tough, and a workaholic. Check. She is also a magically/psychically gifted Native American who is being trained as a shaman by her grandfather. Check. She has a love/hate relationship with a mega-hot Native dude who used to treat her bad and by the end comes around and stops being a macho dickhead (one of those things that NEVE...more
Quick read, but pretty enjoyable. Ms. Lackey blended plenty of humor in with the suspense, and did a nice job of making the Native American Osage magic fit in with the modern society and culture. Not a Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee type of mystery though -- definitely more of a fantasy/mystery blend where the magic is as important or more so than the mystery itself. All in all, a fun read.
Apr 19, 2013
Lisa
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Good book, read it long ago and many times since. If you're looking for something similar, try River Marked by Patricia Briggs (not the first in that series). It had the same flavor to it.
Private investigator by day, medicine woman apprentice by night. Finds lost Indian artifacts and returns them to tribes. Gripping adventure - I really enjoyed this.
It was great to read this book set in OK. Wish she would do more, and I enjoyed the Native American aspect!
An budding shaman has to deal with evil spirits when a burial ground is destroyed.
I want more! Much much more of this, love it, love it, love it
Great book.
Standalone. I love it when an author has the sense not to drag a story out and give us a single shot book - I miss single shot fantasy novels. This was a good one.
Pure smut. Bad plot, everything was repeated a billion times, the conflict was in the background, and the love scene sucked (which is one of the only reasons to read smut lol). I picked it up for 50 cents at the library, because I've heard of her and decided to check her out. Well, now I know. Back to reading good books, hopefully.
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Lackey takes on American Indian shamans in this quick read. A winning combination of insurance investigation and trips to the spirit world. I don't know what Native Americans would make of it, but I enjoyed it.
no, no, no, no, no. I mean it. just say no.
how much research did the author do for her protagonist, anyway?
it shows.
how much research did the author do for her protagonist, anyway?
it shows.
Love this book... I found the spirituality intriguing from this point of view.
Occult mystery, not nearly as good as Diana Tregarde but not awful.
What happens when real life and the spirit world collide...
May 17, 2013
Chuck
marked it as to-read
May 15, 2013
Amanda Dunford
marked it as to-read
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Mercedes entered this world on June 24, 1950, in Chicago, had a normal childhood and graduated from Purdue University in 1972. During the late 70's she worked as an artist's model and then went into the computer programming field, ending up with American Airlines in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In addition to her fantasy writing, she has written lyrics for and recorded nearly fifty songs for Firebird Arts &...more
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