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The Hum and the Shiver

The Tufa Novels, Book 1

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The Hum and the Shiver

By: Alex Bledsoe
Narrated by: Emily Janice Card, Stefan Rudnicki
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In this valley songs live … and kill.

No one knows where the Tufa came from or how they ended up in the mountains of east Tennessee. When the first Europeans came to the Smoky Mountains, the Tufa were already there. Dark-haired and enigmatic, they live quietly in the hills and valleys of Cloud County, their origins lost to history. But there are clues in their music, hidden in the songs they have passed down for generations.

Private Bronwyn Hyatt, a true daughter of the Tufa, has returned from Iraq, wounded in body and spirit, but her troubles are far from over. Cryptic omens warn of impending tragedy, while a restless “haint” has followed her home from the war. Worse yet, Bronwyn has lost touch with herself and with the music that was once a part of her life. With death stalking her family, will she ever again join in the song of her people and let it lift her onto the night winds?

©2011 Alex Bledsoe (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Small Town & Rural Magic

Critic Reviews

“Bledsoe turns standard urban fantasy tropes on their head by reimagining modern elves as a tiny, isolated ethnic group unsure of their own origins…The slowly unfolding mystery of the Tufa is a fascinating and absorbing masterpiece of world-building.” ( Publishers Weekly)
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The story intertwined old traditions and current culture really well. They chose a great voice for it as well. If you enjoy fantasy fiction and faeries then this could be for you. I have bookmarked the rest of the series now as follow up listening material

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