And he will lead them to victory, no matter what the cost…no matter who dies. When his skin touches that of the deer, it heals! He now knows that he is the tribe’s Champion, their new God.

One day, Dead Eye has a revelation: he skins a deer but lets it live, and packs his wounds with the deer’s flesh (I know, his parts are extremely gross). The Skin Stealers have sacrificed and dined on the flesh of their sacrifices, wearing their skins, but their people are still dying as their skin slowly peels off their body painfully. But the pup runs past and out into the night…and Nik tries to find him.ĭead Eye knows the statue of his God, The Reaper, is nothing but a statue.

One day when a pup comes towards him, he gets excited, knowing this could be it. Nik has no canine and is past the time of choosing. They take Scratchers (what they call Earth Walkers) because they seem them as children that can’t care for themselves. They connect with the dogs on a psychic level. When a canine chooses one of the members of the tribe, the bond is holy and permanent. Nik is a Companion: a member of the Tribe of the Trees. When she goes out in the sun, her skin lights up with patterns and she must always wear a cloak to disguise the markings. Mari apprentice’s with her mother but fears the power of the moon as she is only half-Earth Walker. No one must know or they both will be banished from their tribe.

Mari, the product of their union, must hide her Companion features with clay and dye her wheat-colored hair dark. Her father was a Companion, a man whose tribe killed him for loving an Earth Walker. Mari has a secret that she must keep from the tribe with her mother’s help: she is only half Earth Walker. These washings must take place every three days to keep the tribe mentally healthy. When it comes to the men, it cures them of Night Fever (madness). When it comes to women, it cures them of melancholia. The Moon Woman is responsible for using the power of the moon to “Wash” the other members of the tribe. She lives in a burrow with her mother, Leda, the Moon Woman of her tribe of Earth Walkers. There are definitely going to be parts you don’t understand at first but make sense later as they all come together. Let’s get to the meat of the novel…įirst thing you need to know: just like the byline says, these are “tales of a new world.” So there’s going to be confusion. I can already tell based on some of what you had to say when I mentioned I was reading it. My opinion on this book is not going to be popular.

This review can be found on my Blog, TeacherofYA’s Tumblr, or my Goodreads pageįirst of all, I must recognize the beauty of this cover. Title: Moon Chosen (Tales of a New World, #1)

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