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In a tale inspired by Peru’s Andean cosmovision and earth-centered spirituality, Call of the Owl Woman is a gripping coming-of-age story for people who like to immerse themselves in other times, places, and cultures, people who love adventure, and those who are drawn to the mystical and magical. In sixth-century Peru, the Nasca people have flourished for centuries, their faith and ingenuity keeping the desert valleys green in a land where water is scarce. But a prolonged drought now fuels dangerous unrest. Cunning sorcerers and brutal priests vie for control, and Water Guardians like Patya’s father, who refuse to favor the powerful, are under attack. Devastated by her grandmother’s sudden death, fifteen-year-old Patya retreats into dance and music. She does not want to become a healer like the long lineage of women in her family before her. Even her grandmother had hinted she was born for something else. But, in the wake of a deadly earthquake, Patya must not only help the healers, she must do things she never thought possible. As she begins to conquer her self-doubts and trust her own sense of justice, she will also have to outwit men of power to keep her little brother from being sacrificed by religious extremists at the coming solstice. As Patya begins to realize and grow into her own power, she also discovers her grandmother’s secret legacy and prepares to step into an unexpected destiny.

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""This book is so rich! The story is so compelling I couldn't put it down. I loved the visceral sensation of movement in the words, felt myself floating, swooping, transforming, transmuting as I read them!""--Bonnie Glass-Coffin, author of The Gift of Life: Female Spirituality and Healing in Northern Peru ""The Nasca pampa is one of the enduring mysteries of the world. We have many tantalizing but fragmentary insights into the people who inhabited this arid landscape almost two thousand years ago. Huber's story brings those fragments to life with extraordinary vividness. A must read!""--Clive Ruggles, author of Ancient Astronomy: an Encyclopaedia of Cosmologies and Myth and of Stonehenge: Sighting the Sun ""Huber's writing is as vivid as it is full of magic. I loved it.""--Claire Cameron author of The Last Neanderthal

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K. M. Huber grew up in the Pacific Northwest climbing trees, wandering in the mountains, wondering about the world, and writing poems. Unforeseen winds carried her to a new life in New York City, chance introduced her to her future husband, and before long another wind blew them together to the stark desert coast of his homeland, Peru. There, she fell under the enchantment of mystical inland Andean peaks, magical valleys, timeless tales and colorful traditions. She currently resides in Maryville, Tennessee with her husband and dog, still zooms with her Lima writer’s group, and enjoys being close to mountains again.

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