The Wind in His Heart

By: Charles de Lint

Narrated by: Tom Stechschulte

De Lint's first adult fantasy novel in eight years weaves a rich tapestry of story with classic CdL elegance.

Young Thomas Corn Eyes sees into the otherworld, but all he wants to do is get off the rez. Steve Cole escaped from his rock star life to disappear into the desert and mountains. Fifteen-year-old barrio kid Sadie Higgins has been discarded once too often. Blogger Leah Hardin needs to leave Newford, come to terms with the loss of her best friend, and actually engage with her life. When these lives collide in the Hierro Maderas Mountains, they must struggle to escape their messy pasts and find a way to carve a future for themselves. They don't just have to learn how to survive. They have to learn how to fly.

©2017 Charles de Lint (P)2017 Recorded Books

ExcelMasterful story and performance - authentic & highly entertaining

I should start by saying that I lived for 20 plus years in Native villages in Alaska. I also spent time on Reservations in the lower 48 and have personally known several Native American shaman, some of them medicine women. So this book The wind in his Heart was a great and very pleasurable story. Not many people who are non-native can write in such an authentic voice in ways that connect so well with Native culture. There is a distinctive thread of Native style humor that runs through the entire storyline. The plot and setting is well crafted and the characters seem real...a special talent this author seems to have mastered early in his writing career. The two mains characters are a white guy and a young Native guy...most of the other characters are Native. I loved the story and the narrator was a perfect fit for this highly entertaining fantasy!

Brilliant all around!

DeLint is an amazing writer, but this might possibly be his best story yet, and the narrator’s performance? Simply brilliant! No kidding, for the first ever I went back and replayed this book again immediately after finishing!

a magical fable, read wonderfully

I have always loved de lint's storytelling. this is yet another tale that transported me. so many surprises, such heart... and the narration was perfect!

Wow

Love this author and this is one his of best! I lived on the Pueblo for a decade and I'm longing to return. Feast is awesome and I miss the Community. Well read.

A good story

This was my first encounter with Charles DeLindt's work. I enjoyed the story which drew me in with its many characters and a world with various magical human/animal beings. Told with each chapter devoted mostly to a single character, the focus is largely on the Indigenous people of the Southwest desert and a few others who are drawn to the reservation in an increasingly complicated story of a teenage runaway, a tribal shaman, and an old rock and roll star who disappeared from public view many years ago. Some of the main characters are well developed, while others tend to be rather vague. But the story is compelling and kept me interested. I will try another of this author's books.