Waubgeshig Rice – Moon of the Turning Leaves – National Bestseller, Sequel to Moon of the Crusted Snow

Produktbeschreibung

Moon of the Turning Leaves continues the story begun in Moon of the Crusted Snow, twelve years after a mysterious cataclysm caused a permanent blackout and toppled infrastructure. Evan Whitesky now leads a remote northern Canadian community that has stepped back from the rez to reconnect with Anishinaabe traditions in the bush. As generations grow, resources around their new settlement thin, and elders warn that they cannot stay forever. Evan and his teenage daughter, Nangohns, are chosen to lead a scouting expedition that travels months to reach their ancestral homeland on the shores of Lake Huron. The journey is framed as a search for new beginnings and a reckoning with what life—and danger—still lie to the south. The narrative blends survival, resilience, Indigenous identity, and rebirth, delivering a brooding meditation on community, belonging, and the costs of choosing a path forward in a world reshaped by catastrophe. This is the highly anticipated follow-up to a bestselling debut, expanding a meticulously built world while examining how tradition and adaptation can coexist under pressure. The novel keeps a steady pace with stark landscapes, intense choices, and a sense of foreboding about what lies ahead beyond the safety of the new settlement.