Medicine for the Dead (Children of the Drought), by Arianne 'Tex' Thompson
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The story of Appaloosa Elim continues. Two years ago, the crow-god Marhuk sent his grandson to Sixes. Two nights ago, a stranger picked up his gun and shot him. Two hours ago, the funeral party set out for the holy city of Atali'Krah, braving the wastelands to bring home the body of Dulei Marhuk.Out in the wastes, one more corpse should hardly make a difference. But the blighted landscape has been ravaged by drought, twisted by violence, and warped by magic - and no-one is immune. Vuchak struggles to keep the party safe from monsters, marauders, and his own troubled mind. Weisei is being eaten alive by a strange illness. And fearful, guilt-wracked Elim hopes he's only imagining the sounds coming from Dulei's coffin. As their supplies dwindle and tensions mount, the desert exacts a terrible price from its pilgrims - one that will be paid with the blood of the living, and the peace of the dead.
Medicine for the Dead (Children of the Drought), by Arianne 'Tex' Thompson- Amazon Sales Rank: #744084 in Books
- Brand: Thompson, Arianne
- Published on: 2015-03-24
- Released on: 2015-03-24
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.75" h x 1.10" w x 4.19" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 480 pages
About the Author Arianne 'Tex' Thompson is an instructor, a professional speaker, and an enthusiastic member of the DFW Writers Workshop. She lives in Dallas with her husband and a refurbished cat named Peaches.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Who can prevail against droughtworld? By sandyt The title of this book refers to acts of kindness, well-intentioned, loving acts, which make “food for the living, and medicine for the dead.” Perhaps, in a larger sense, it means honoring one's community, one's ancestors, one's religion.The characters in this tale of struggle are trying to do the right thing. In spite of deadly diseases, in spite of wounds that are slowly killing them, in spite of the danger of attack by bandits and monstrous wild animals, they struggle to do their duty, and to be moral about it. They pray continually. They are surrounded by the dead. The dead, including one of our main characters, come back to life, or at least seem to.The world, shared by living and dead, is starved by drought and damned by violence and plague. The ghosts of murdered peoples haunt those who are struggling to help their communities survive. This is the Old West after the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have swarmed in, done their worst, and gone. No one can dare venture into this land without the risk of death; by violence, by thirst, or by wracking painful disease. I once read a book which argued that the world's enduring religions were all born at times of chaos and collapse. In this book, that rings true as our numerous protagonists rely on faith and duty in the total absence of anything else to cling to. The book is thick with references to beliefs and deities. The title of the series, “Children of the Drought”, speaks to the characters’ sense of powerlessness and dependence on things they don’t understand.Though the world is dense with violence, we don’t see it happen. We see only the consequences. Two protagonists separately find seven drowned “Ikwei” or “sundowners”, chained to the bottom, polluting the only water source for miles, but who killed them? Who shaved their hair, pulled out their fingernails, and made sure their divine mother could not find them? And who haunts the dark water even now? Did the smashed, looted camp belong to the drowned? We are left to wonder at this “meticulously vicious” act, as at others in the present and past.I think the land itself is the real protagonist here. The land, along with the drought, presses forward toward its own terrifying destiny. Our characters struggle,hope, and pray, but we are left with no assurance that their heroism will be rewarded.Like its predecessor “One Night in Sixes”, this novel asks a lot of the reader. But the reader is also rewarded by a beautifully plotted story, full of details that make an imagined world seem real. Separate chapters follow our heroes and heroines until we approach the final, deadly confrontation. Then the pace picks up, the characters lose their tenuous shreds of control over events, and the story switches back and forth at a relentlessly accelerating pace.Also like its predecessor, this story leaves everything unresolved. We’ll have to wait for the third volume. Personally, I hope the author is hard at work.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Hold fast: there is more to come. And it's great fun By Merlin Wilson The author states in her acknowledgments that the second book is where the rubber meets the road. I can say, without question, that her statement is true and correct for 'Medicine for the Dead'. And if this is where the tires grip and the whole wonderful machine busts into motion, we can expect some truly tight, interesting and engaging fiction from Arianne 'Tex' Thompson in the future.Where 'Sixes' was at times meandering in revealing this new world, 'Medicine' is near masterful in weaving subtle, ornate glimpses of the humming organic clockwork behind the story. Each transition between characters and scenes makes sense and drives the reader forward, needing to know how they will inevitably intersect. Each tragedy or setback tests each geographically separated group of characters and makes the reader wonder 'will this be it? Will this one thing finally prove too much?' While it's clear that Thompson spent months, if not years, creating the border town of Sixes just so, the worldbuilding that she gave to the rest of her new milieu truly shines like a hot blue star. The tidbits revealed about the lost tribes, hidden powers, lost children, the feeding habits and language peculiarities of fishmen, and the rich religious backgrounds fill the story to capacity. And that is certainly not a bad thing. In fact, it leads you onward, desperate to know and understand more about this new, interesting world, people, and story.The story certainly benefits from having cut down on the number of characters involved. Streamlining the points of view to those we know from the previous novel (as well as a few fascinating newcomers) really makes 'Medicine' a sleeker read. It further allows Thompson to focus on the individual head-space of each of these characters, to flesh them out. She does so masterfully with internal dialogue, struggle, and deep introspection leading to believable character changes. It's clear now that this story is about Elim and the wheel of characters around him. But it's not just him, though that would be interesting and engaging enough on its own. It's also about the tests of faith for Weisei and Vuchak, for Dia, for Shea, and for some incredibly surprising characters.What really struck me was the quality of Elim's struggle of how to remain true to himself while allowing himself to be changed as he learned more going forward. It reminded me keenly of the struggle Huckleberry Finn dealt with while traveling down the river with Jim. Should I do the right thing, even if everything I've been taught tells me that, normally, it would damn me? Why does it damn me if these people I'm helping are real people, not demons? That struggle, the strong desire to want to do the right thing when it's so hard to, that is something anyone can relate to. It's a universal struggle made engaging and fresh by the author's careful hand.I can't go into too much more detail without ruining surprises and gripping instances of wonder. Suffice it to say that I neglected my own muse a little to continue devouring this novel. I can say, without question, 'Medicine' is now one of my favorite books, one that I will reread happily. There are not many books that I pick up these days that I can say are put into regular rotation.In closing, I can't wait to see what Tex comes out with next. She's laid the groundwork for a truly gripping follow-up. Definitely make the time to read 'Medicine': the rewards are great.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Fishmen, crow people, carnivorous deer...what more do you want? By Laura Maisano Medicine for the Dead is, in short, a series of separate journeys where the excrement hits the fan for everyone all in the last part of the book. It continues where Sixes left off to tell us what happens to Elim, Weisei, and Vuchak, as well as several other of the inhabitants of Sixes. Although, thankfully, none of this happens in Sixes so we're not burdened by all the tertiary characters.To be honest, Sixes had me lost at parts because things were not clear (to me). While Tex's beautiful wordsmithing is mesmerizing, it takes effort to unpack the true meaning sometimes. Heck, she speaks in metaphor in real life, so I shouldn't expect differently in text. BUT, listen to the but guys, Medicine doesn't suffer from that little bit of confusion. In fact, it cleared up all the confusion I had at the end of Sixes. Part of me wishes I had understand all that was going down with Sil and the natives back then, but the revelations now made me go "whoah." Medicine streamlines all the great stuff about Sixes into a few different character POVs and packs a mean punch. I had a great deal of feels toward the end, and the revelations in the last few pages made me want book three like yesterday.I seriously read this 450 page book in two days, and I have a three-year-old. Let that sink in. Medicine moves fast, the pacing is spot on, and there's a lot of action/fear/danger/tension keeping the pages turning. Each separate journey has stuff going for it, and when they converge together, you read faster and faster. I still want an audio revision with Nathan Fillion doing Mal Reynolds and reading in his westerny awesomeness.Now, the best thing about this book. Fishmen. Yes, the fishmen. Tex creates this interesting and unique race and I just want to read more scenes with them in it. They're alien enough to be different, but similar enough to empathize with. They change skin color like squids, talk with their hands, speak a quasi-French language, and eat meals in massive feeding frenzy competitions. Who wouldn't like that?I'm beginning to ramble because I loved the book so much. So, long story short. If you're having a little difficulty with Sixes, stick through it. The payoff is worth it. I asked for more magic and weird, and I got a LOT more magic and an unparalleled amount of weird. I'd say to be careful what you ask for, except that I'm happy with what I got.
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