cover image To Spoil the Sun

To Spoil the Sun

Joyce Rockwood. Henry Holt & Company, $16.95 (180pp) ISBN 978-0-8050-7372-0

It's a year of bad omens for the Seven Clans, the Cherokee tribe of To Spoil the Sun (1976) by Joyce Rockwood. Rain Dove is worried about the omens, but clan conflicts and her time to choose a husband occupy her thoughts. However, Rain Dove's worries seem well founded when strangers arrive, bringing smallpox to the tribe.