"An achingly gorgeous debut novel of Indigenous survival

Migizi (Eagle) glides by to assure them he has been watching over their journey

Described as "jewellike" by the San Francisco Chronicle

But before they do

and by allowing us to overhear his conversations with Apaches on these subjects Basso expands our awareness of what place can mean to people

Bad Cree Lakota "An achingly gorgeous debut novelIn this gripping, horror laced debut, a young Cree woman's dreams lead her on a perilous journey of self discovery that ultimately forces her to confront the toll of a legacy of violence on her family, her community and the land they call home. When Mackenzie wakes up with a severed crow's head in her hands, she panics. Only moments earlier she had been fending off masses of birds in a snow covered forest. In bed, when she blinks, the head disappears.