The Land of Burned Out Fires

Author: Vella Munn
Published by:  Astraea Press
Age Recommend: 16
Reviewed By:  Arlena Dean
Raven Rating: 4
Blog Review For: GMTA
Review:
"The Land of Burned Out Fires" by Vella Munn was very interesting fantasy  short read.  Kayla Stephens who was sixteen  while on a job with modeling group  is found with a Native American 'Morning  Star.'  This person now begs Kayla to please help her get her baby from the ranchers(settlers) who had stolen the child. What did this stone necklace(scared stone from her brother) that she had .... haveto do with all of this? What can Kayla do about this situation?  Kayla was from another time or so it seems.Morning Star introduces Kayla to her grandfather(ChoCho), grandmother
(Walks At Night) and brother...True Hand and everything is explained to her about the Modocs people.  Kayla wanted  her life back like  she had previously had it...but tried to understand the Modocs needing her help.....Kayla felt she was in a  crazy time warp and only  who could help her now?

There is a lot of jumping  back and forth to the  present  and the past  in the novel , but  it is easy to keep up with the storyline. Now back  with her modeling  group ...Kayla visited with the Carol(a visitor) as she talks about pictographs of the Modocs on the drawings on the stone walls...the Fern Cave's microsystem ...lava  beds...most of the information had been written by whites...found out that these  Modocs had been forced to return to the reservation. What a history. Kayla knew  she had to talk with the leader (Kientopoos) of the Modocs...was this to be? ....she was a woman!...and will Kayla did get to talk with the leader?  This was  very neatly done. ...telling the Modocs about the future ...that they would lose this war...  would they listen to Kayla?  Now at this point you will have to pick up this read and see just how this is handled  and the rest of this novel  how this plays out.....
Was Kayla living a history?

The author did a great job with the characters in the story...there were many.....Kayla, Joel, Mrs. Blush, Brad, Rory, Chuck (her brother), Megan, Sean, Short Stuff, Carol, Morning Star, True Hand, Cho Cho, Walks At Night, Robert Palmer, William, Frank, Mary, Kientopoos(Modoc Leader), Curly Headed Doctor(Shaman), Winema, Elizabeth & Will Harper, Night Sounds and I know I have left some  others out.  You will just have to pick up this good read. These were a group of very  fascinating  people.

Indeed "The Land  of  Burned Out Fires"  was a very good thriller read and if you are in for some fantasy and suspense this good read is for you.