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She slumped against the rock and hugged her arm close to her body. "Do I have a clan? I bear the marks of my clan, my history from the day I left childhood behind to the moment I was accepted as a fully initiated member, right here, written for all to see, yet I ran away from my clan before they could finish killing me." Lured to the mysterious rock by prophetic dreams, Nulo the dwarf discovers what he always knew he would find: a sign that his South Pacific tribe is not alone in the new land. But not everyone welcomes the news. Some, including Nulo's wife, want to ignore the strangers, but Nulo knows they must meet the people who left the message carved on the stone. He doesn't know that others also roam the wild country, men pushed out of their villages and left to survive any way they can. The third entry in the Misfits and Heroes series, A Meeting of Clans follows a group from the north coast and one from the south coast as they push across the wild interior of what is now southern Mexico, 14,000 years ago.… (mer)
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Realism with Touches of Mysticism in a Great Story

A Meeting of Clans is the story of two groups of pre-historic wanderers (clans) who discover they are not the only people in Southern Mexico 14,000 years ago, and what happens when they discover each other.

As I read the book, there were a number of ‘isms’ that came to my mind, including realism, mysticism, and empiricism. First and foremost, the book tries to give a realistic picture of life 14,000 years ago. Today, we have to dodge traffic and avoid our boss when he/she is in a bad mood. The individuals in this book had to dodge stampeding mastodons and avoid hungry saber-toothed tigers. The world has changed, just a bit, and Rollins does a great job in describing the nature of those differences. But she does so in a way that also reveals some significant parallels to modern-day life – a drive to understand and control, a need to belong, a drive to explore.

The book is also sprinkled with magic and mysticism. In some cases, the myths are well-known; in others, they are less common but with a familiar feel. And they add a spice to the story. The author is giving us a view into the minds of these peoples and the ways they perceived the world. (Unless, of course, you believe these events really happened as described.)

But the ‘ism’ that captured my thoughts in A Meeting of Clans is empiricism, e.g., the role of systematic observation in the formation of ideas. It is a matter of academic debate exactly what science and medicine the peoples of the Ice Age would have mastered – even the possibility that humans inhabited this region 14,000 years ago is not known with certainty. But Rollins weaves an interesting story around clans with considerable skills ranging from medicine and dentistry to astronomy. Would people of this era have these skills? Or would they still be so focused on meeting their biological and safety needs that no one could devote the time needed to understand the movement of the stars? Would someone with a broken leg be nursed back to health or would they be abandoned because they put too great a strain on the group?

Finally, as this book is part of a series, I’ll mention that this novel is self-contained and so, you could read it without reading the previous books. However, as someone who read one of the two previous books, I can say that I felt much more comfortable with the clan that I knew from the previous reading compared to the peoples that were new to me. The familiarity gets you into the story more quickly.

A book such as this in the magical realism genre may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but if it’s yours (or you want to dip your toe into this literary style), I can recommend A Meeting of Clans as a well-written and engrossing example. ( )
  BMPerrin | Sep 17, 2019 |
A Meeting of Clans is a fascinating look at prehistoric societies in Mexico. One clan has come from across the Pacific and the other from Africa. Their subsequent meeting and melding of their customs is the subject of this book. It combines detailed descriptions of their ways of life, including hunting, fishing, crafts, story telling, song and dance, and beliefs in the natural world. The characters were intriguing and ranged from a dwarf who was a stone carver to a woman warrior to a storyteller.

This is the third book in the series and I did not read the first two books which I feel was a real detriment. I really needed a list of the characters and which clan they belonged to at the beginning of the book. It was hard to keep track of who was who. I also didn't feel that their languages should have been so alike that they could communicate readily; maybe hand signals would have been more realistic. But it was a very interesting and informative book. ( )
  N.W.Moors | May 31, 2015 |
Imagine the world of Mexico, 14,000 years ago. Imagine travelers who’ve crossed oceans and hopped islands to find their way there. But the world is growing more crowded. People need each other just as surely as their havens of family and clan. And now these clans, made so real in the author's earlier novels, will meet.

Author Kathleen Rollins blends history and mystery beautifully in her Misfits and Heroes series. A dreamer sees visions of strangers and their symbols carved in stone. A storyteller builds pictures and dances together into legend. An astronomer longs to find answers in the logic and patterns of the stars. Meanwhile those wounded by others or by themselves come together as friends, build family from hope, learn trust and trade, and maybe even find themselves.

Readers will find themselves in these characters too, for all that worlds and cultures and centuries divide us. The past may not have been this way, but the research rings true, the people burn bright with human frailties and hope, the stories enthrall, and the landscape enraptures us. Dangers, misunderstandings, jealousy and love play their part. Mothers fight. Healers scar. And travelers wander far but carry the promise of home and heart.

I love this series, and I’m delighted to have had the chance to read the third book too. Readers don’t need to have read the others to follow the storyline, but why miss out on something so wonderful?

Disclosure: The author kindly sent me a copy of this novel and I’m delighted to offer my honest review. ( )
  SheilaDeeth | Jun 23, 2014 |
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She slumped against the rock and hugged her arm close to her body. "Do I have a clan? I bear the marks of my clan, my history from the day I left childhood behind to the moment I was accepted as a fully initiated member, right here, written for all to see, yet I ran away from my clan before they could finish killing me." Lured to the mysterious rock by prophetic dreams, Nulo the dwarf discovers what he always knew he would find: a sign that his South Pacific tribe is not alone in the new land. But not everyone welcomes the news. Some, including Nulo's wife, want to ignore the strangers, but Nulo knows they must meet the people who left the message carved on the stone. He doesn't know that others also roam the wild country, men pushed out of their villages and left to survive any way they can. The third entry in the Misfits and Heroes series, A Meeting of Clans follows a group from the north coast and one from the south coast as they push across the wild interior of what is now southern Mexico, 14,000 years ago.

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