Welcome to Day Two of our Indie Fantasy Advent Calendar! We’re featuring an underrated indie author every day this holiday season to spread a little festive joy and promote authors we think deserve more love. Read our introduction to find out more.
Let’s see what hides behind number two:
Today, we’re shining a light on Falling Through Stars, by Staci Olsen.
After crashing her dogsled into the frozen river, Ts’ellbah fears something is wrong, something deeper than the inexplicable new scar over her heart. She feels like a stranger in her own skin and struggles to remember her closest friends and family.
At first, her clan is relieved that she survived the accident. But on a night when red spirit lights stain the sky like blood, Ts’ellbah suffers her first violent seizure and sees a vision in which a revered elder encounters a mythical monster and dies.
When her announcement of the elder’s death proves correct, many are convinced something evil possessed her in the dark river. They believe she killed the old man and want to cast her out. Before they do, Ts’ellbah must persuade her people that their ancient enemies have indeed returned, that they are looking for something, and they’ll destroy the entire clan to find it.
I originally reviewed Falling Through Stars back in 2022, and it ended up becoming one of my favourite books that year. To this day, the book still has less than fifty reviews on Goodreads, and that’s much too low for how good this is.
Emotional and personal. Steeped in mythology and heavy with atmosphere.
I can’t recommend this book enough. You will find my review here.
