"Shaman" by Robert Shea is a story situated in the early 1800s exploring the clash between Native Americans and European settlers, primarily through the eyes of Gray Cloud, a half-Sauk youth striving to become a shaman and come to grips with his mixed heritage. Beginning in the harsh winter of 1825 where Gray Cloud, draped in bearskin, embarks on a vision quest in a sacred cave where he confronts his deepest fears and ambitions while engaging with powerful spirits, including the White Bear as Redbird, a girl devoted to Gray Cloud, anticipates his return where she is wrestling with her emotions and anxiously sensing his danger. This sets the scene for intense examination of heritage, cultural clashes, and development of self within a vibrant historic landscape.
Shaman
By Robert Shea
In the early 1800s, a young man's quest to become a spiritual leader intertwines with a dangerous cultural collision, challenging his identity and destiny.
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About the AuthorRobert Joseph Shea was an American novelist and former journalist best known as co-author with Robert Anton Wilson of the science fantasy trilogy Illuminatus! It became a cult success and was later turned into a marathon-length stage show put on at the British National Theatre and elsewhere. In 1986 it won the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award. Shea went on to write several action novels based in exotic historical settings.
Robert Joseph Shea was an American novelist and former journalist best known as co-author with Robert Anton Wilson of the science fantasy trilogy Illuminatus! It became a cult success and was later turned into a marathon-length stage show put on at the British National Theatre and elsewhere. In 1986 it won the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award. Shea went on to write several action novels based in exotic historical settings.
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