The Days of the Deer
1999
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A lavish trilogy steeped in myth: Bodoc is the Tolkien of the Americas. It is known that the strangers will sail from some part of the Ancient Lands and will cross the Yentru Sea. All our predictions and sacred books clearly say the same thing. The rest is all shadows. Shadows that prevent us from seeing the faces of those who are coming. In the House of Stars, the Astronomers of the Open Air read contradictory omens. A fleet is coming to the shores of the Remote Realm. But are these the long-awaited Northmen, returned triumphant from the war in the Ancient Lands? Or the emissaries of the Son of Death come to wage a last battle against life itself? From every village of the seven tribes, a representative is called to a Great Council. One representative will not survive the journey. Some will be willing to sacrifice their lives, others their people, but one thing is certain: the era of light is at an end.
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Author
Liliana Bodoc
Author · 22 books
She majored in Spanish at the University of Cuyo in Mendoza, where she had lived since she was five years old. She worked as a teacher in that area. Her first novel, Los Días del Venado, was published in 2000 and was the first installment in a trilogy called La Saga de los Confines. The trilogy met favourable reviews and was awarded several prizes. She has also published the novels Memorias Impuras (2007) and El Espejo Africano (2008). She died unexpectedly in Mendoza after returning from an event at the Havana Book Fair (Feria del Libro de La Habana).
