Emmy's Journey: A Novel

Two Feather's Legacy Series, Book 2

By: Lila M. Beckham

Narrated by: Christa Lewis

In the summer of 1865, Emmaline Gulledge is 11 years old and stubborn as a mule. Determined to do exactly what she sets her mind to, she explores the mountains and valleys around her home with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and a keen eye that misses nothing.

When her mother dies, Emmaline, Emmy for short, is thrust into the mystical, spiritual world of her mother's native peoples, the Tsalagi, better known as the Cherokee.

Given the power of observation and shape-shifting by her immortal great-great-grandfather Two Feathers, who is the keeper of the Sacred Fire's Ashes, Emmy is told that she must carry on her mother's duties and is charged with the task of becoming the family "Ka no he ha Ka no Ge sdi", the Storyteller. She is supposed to remember and pass down her family's history and tell about their ancestors.

As Emmy grows older and matures, her explorations become more advanced. She discovers a hidden path that takes her beyond an ancient willow tree to a layer of the world that at first seems much like her own, but she soon discovers that it is quite different.... When she stays longer than allowed a mortal, she discovers that her grandfather can travel between space and time and communicate with all peoples between the layers of her world.

Emmy's Journey is a voyage through time and into the mysterious spiritual and mystical realms of the Cherokees, and a world that most never know exists.

©2013 Susan C. Beck (P)2018 Tantor

Beautiful story, leaving me wanting more

I liked it all. The history, the stories of the Cherokee and the love. The descriptions of the land made me feel like I was there.

A book worth your time.

So well written and very engaging. The story held my attention. The detail in her writing was so good!

Read the first book in series, had to read this second one.

Loved them both. Loved the spiritual and native american, the woods the earth, everything about these two stories. They make you feel good all the way through. I did hate to get to the end. I wish I could find more books like these two. The Yellow Mocker was the first. The narration was great, also.

The next "band" or "Clan"

Absolutely love both stories in this series! From a fellow descendant of a native/immigrant from Minnesota.(Kiowa in Oklahoma/Switzerland) I've found Cherokee on my British grandmother (north Carolina area) but not a lot of my family has been DNA tested yet, so far no males on that side have native but all that is said for his mother is "Cherokee woman" so who knows hopefully as time goes on we can all reconnect to our ancestors. Their way of life is the way our earth needs. Naw Tdape Khote (my relatives/relations-Kiowa) keep our language and stories alive.

Confusing. There was a hideous sounding voice in a male character. Couldn’t stand it. Didn’t make it through whole book.

There were a lot of characters…Dead ones who were alive in one plane and live ones. I do not recommend this book at all. Book one was great but this one didn’t even come near it.