Bell, Hilari. Traitor’s Son.

Bell, Hilari.  Traitor’s Son.  Houghton Mifflin 250p  $16.99      978-0-547-19621-3  ms/hs            E-BN        Fantasy/Science fiction

This is a sequel to Trickster’s Girl.  Jase is waiting for his father’s client at the Canadian border when shooting breaks out and he dives for cover.  When he raises his head he sees a girl making signs at him, and then she throws something his way.  It looks like a medicine bag!  He just isn’t sure what is inside it.  Jase picks up the client and moves on in his Tesla car.  Since he isn’t sure what is in the bag, he decides not to tell anyone he has it until he figures out what it contains.  He does not want to be accused of drug dealing.

When Raven finds Jase, he thinks he is very lucky, because Raven is a very beautiful Native girl; however, then she shape shifts into a raven, a real one. Jase freaks out, but Raven has tied him down so that he cannot run and has to listen.  When Raven explains who she is and what is in the medicine bag, Jase wants to give it back and forget all about it, but then things get more complicated.  He discovers that he has inherited from his Native culture the ability to dream walk, and he must deal with the great powers of his dreams. Then his grandmother gets stuck in the dream world, and it is up to him to save her, as well as the world of nature, but in order to do that he will need to face his greatest fear.

This is an excellent stand-alone book.  You do not have to read the first book to understand what is happening in the second one.  The author does an excellent job of developing the story independently of Trickster’s Girl, but drops hints that the first book set up possibilities for the second book. 

Native Americans – Fiction, Fantasy – Fiction, Tricksters – Fiction    

n  Magna Diaz