Ebook {Epub PDF} The Bird of the River by Kage Baker

In this new standalone story set in the world of The Anvil of the World and The House of the Stag, two teenagers join the crew of a huge river barge after their mother drowns. The girl and her half-breed younger brother try to make the barge their new home. As the great boat proceeds up the long river, we see a panorama of cities and cultures, and begin to perceive patterns in the pirate. The Bird of the River is the third and final book in Kage Baker's fantasy cycle. It was released posthumously and is a fitting farewell from the author. Returning to the world created in The Anvil of the World, Baker returns to that first novel's breezy feel and anachronistic humour that made it such an unusual and enjoyable fantasy read/5(83). Despite its YA trappings of teen love and adventure, Bird of the River explores profound ideas about personal identity, whether a family is inherently biological, racial and social prejudice, whether wealth brings happiness and/or real security, education from books versus experience, and /5(32).

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Despite its YA trappings of teen love and adventure, Bird of the River explores profound ideas about personal identity, whether a family is inherently biological, racial and social prejudice, whether wealth brings happiness and/or real security, education from books versus experience, and duty versus personal choice. From Baker, who died in January , a third fantasy set in a world inhabited by red-skinned Children of the Sun, green-skinned, forest-dwelling Yendri and tusked, barbaric demons (The House of the Stag, , etc.). The Bird of the River by Kage Baker. Kage Baker’s The Bird of the River is an elegant novel from the late Kage Baker that manages to simultaneously focus on the most intimate details of character while taking advantage of all the metaphysical freedom that the rules of fantasy allow. There’s swashbuckling, there’s monsters, there’s hints and allegations of a power beyond understanding, but at the heart of it all is heart, a very human growth and understanding that simultaneously makes.