Fires of the Kindred

by Robin Skelton

In his new book, Robin Skelton speculates on an alternate past, an ancestry that might have been -- or was, perhaps, forgotten. It is a revisioning of our origins, back to the roots of shamanism and the beginnings of mythology. True magic and harmony with nature undergo displacement by violent ambition and abstract thought, driving a wedge between the unity of Woman and Man. Told simply and sensitively through the lives of two apprentice shamans, themselves at the threshold of adulthood, the narrative draws us into a world where the ruling process is Change, where Humanity itself is losing its innocence and, for better or worse, is coming of age.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Robin Skelton was a writer and poet. He also wrote as Georges Zuk.