Official Review: Kachina by James Rada, Jr.
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Official Review: Kachina by James Rada, Jr.
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Kachina is a story that follows David Purcell along a dangerous and mysterious adventure through both past and present worlds and dimensions. It begins with David driving along a highway, late for dinner with his girlfriend Terrie, when his car breaks down. Already in a frustrated mood, David decides to walk towards the nearest gas station for help when he suddenly falls into a deep, dark hole in the Earth.
Meanwhile, at an Indian reservation, a Hopi native named Adam is having a vision that a white man (whom we later come to understand is David) is being chased around in the darkness by evil Hopis, also known as the Bow Clan, of the Third World. Having the understanding that they are currently living in the Fourth World, Adam knows that if the evil Bow Clansmen reach the Fourth World, they will wreak havoc and chaos and evidently destroy the Fourth World, just as they have destroyed all of the other worlds previously.
The story then takes us through David’s rescue and hospital examination, where we come to find that both David and his doctor cannot explain or even fathom how he survived. David learns that he was lost in the cave for five weeks in complete darkness before being rescued. The doctor cannot explain how David’s legs did not break during the fall, nor how he did not lose his sight, nor even how David survived and did not die having no food or water, as would be the case in these types of situations. David also discovers that he cannot remember anything that happened while he was in the cave. He can only recollect falling into it and afterwards when he was rescued. It is now that David fears the darkness, although he doesn’t know why, and begins having nightmares that he cannot explain.
Adam continuously visits the kiva (a meditation spot) to have visions and each one makes him more anxious that something bad is about to happen. He tells his granddaughter Sarah that he must find this white man as he is the answer to their problem and knows how to help the Hopi people. He is to be their savior. Or course Sarah and the other members of the clan think that Adam is losing his mind, but he is determined to do what needs to be done. Without David’s help, the evil Bow Clansmen and the Dark Kachinas (evil spirits) that are trapped in the Third World will find a way to the surface and destroy life. It is here that we discover that the Dark Kachinas have indeed sent two Bow Clansmen on a mission to kill David because they believe he knows too much about their world and are afraid that he will spread the word and that they will forever be trapped in the Third World.
Back at the cave, we learn that six cavers are hired to map out the cave that David fell into. They are professionals with expert equipment and experience. Unfortunately they do not know what they are getting themselves into. The cave is in fact a sipapu, the passageway between the Third and Fourth Worlds. It is here that the Sun Clansmen (or the good Hopi people) traveled through to arrive at the Fourth World, and it is here that the Bow Clansmen desire to be in order to break free of their darkened prison, held against their will by a higher power.
Kachina takes us on a journey with David, Adam and Sarah predominately as they try to save the world and everyone in it. It takes us through the interactions between David and the Hopi people and their beliefs, as well as the detrimental interactions between David and the two Bow Clansmen sent out to kill him. It takes us through the journey of the six cavers and their undeniably chilling adventure within the caves and caverns as well as all of the obstacles that they face miles underground.
I give this book 3 out of 4 stars. There are a lot of twists and integral parts to this story and it is definitely worth reading. It is quite long, but it is a page-turner and very hard to put down at the same time. I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a good read that is also very unique and well written. There are a few spelling and grammar errors however, but that does not deter away from the experience of reading a good story.
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Meanwhile, at an Indian reservation, a Hopi native named Adam is having a vision that a white man (whom we later come to understand is David) is being chased around in the darkness by evil Hopis, also known as the Bow Clan, of the Third World. Having the understanding that they are currently living in the Fourth World, Adam knows that if the evil Bow Clansmen reach the Fourth World, they will wreak havoc and chaos and evidently destroy the Fourth World, just as they have destroyed all of the other worlds previously.
The story then takes us through David’s rescue and hospital examination, where we come to find that both David and his doctor cannot explain or even fathom how he survived. David learns that he was lost in the cave for five weeks in complete darkness before being rescued. The doctor cannot explain how David’s legs did not break during the fall, nor how he did not lose his sight, nor even how David survived and did not die having no food or water, as would be the case in these types of situations. David also discovers that he cannot remember anything that happened while he was in the cave. He can only recollect falling into it and afterwards when he was rescued. It is now that David fears the darkness, although he doesn’t know why, and begins having nightmares that he cannot explain.
Adam continuously visits the kiva (a meditation spot) to have visions and each one makes him more anxious that something bad is about to happen. He tells his granddaughter Sarah that he must find this white man as he is the answer to their problem and knows how to help the Hopi people. He is to be their savior. Or course Sarah and the other members of the clan think that Adam is losing his mind, but he is determined to do what needs to be done. Without David’s help, the evil Bow Clansmen and the Dark Kachinas (evil spirits) that are trapped in the Third World will find a way to the surface and destroy life. It is here that we discover that the Dark Kachinas have indeed sent two Bow Clansmen on a mission to kill David because they believe he knows too much about their world and are afraid that he will spread the word and that they will forever be trapped in the Third World.
Back at the cave, we learn that six cavers are hired to map out the cave that David fell into. They are professionals with expert equipment and experience. Unfortunately they do not know what they are getting themselves into. The cave is in fact a sipapu, the passageway between the Third and Fourth Worlds. It is here that the Sun Clansmen (or the good Hopi people) traveled through to arrive at the Fourth World, and it is here that the Bow Clansmen desire to be in order to break free of their darkened prison, held against their will by a higher power.
Kachina takes us on a journey with David, Adam and Sarah predominately as they try to save the world and everyone in it. It takes us through the interactions between David and the Hopi people and their beliefs, as well as the detrimental interactions between David and the two Bow Clansmen sent out to kill him. It takes us through the journey of the six cavers and their undeniably chilling adventure within the caves and caverns as well as all of the obstacles that they face miles underground.
I give this book 3 out of 4 stars. There are a lot of twists and integral parts to this story and it is definitely worth reading. It is quite long, but it is a page-turner and very hard to put down at the same time. I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a good read that is also very unique and well written. There are a few spelling and grammar errors however, but that does not deter away from the experience of reading a good story.
***
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