Other Barefooting Fiction

Amongst its members, the Society for Barefoot Living has several published authors who have created an excellent smorgasbord of stories, each with a strong barefooting theme.

Mark Davies (South Africa)

The Cirillian Flame (ISBN 978-0-6203-2253-9)

The world of Frethenia is serene, benevolent, and out of control.

The Flame of Cirillius burns red because Balance is lost and in a city where intrigue, betrayal and deception are the norm, a young Akiun Warrior must guard her true identity or be executed as a witch.

But jealousy and lurking evil threaten to destroy those she loves, and ultimately she must risk exposure to save them from certain destruction.

The first in the Weavers and Wyrders Saga, "The Cirillian Flame" sees warrior Jenna propelled into a dangerous maelstrom of political plots, ancient schemes and cunning intrigue; where she must face blatant evil to reveal the sinister connection between the Flame of Cirillius, the Prophecy of the New Queen, and the mysterious power that awakens within her.   

More information: www.weaverswyrders.co.za

Tim Mills (USA)

The Mystery of Ghost Lake (ISBN 978-1-4357-2087-9)

Deep in the woods of the Cheyenne Reservation is a mysterious lake that no one knows exists. Joey Red Wolf, a slightly strange traditional boy who is in a wheelchair, loves the outdoors and nature. Joey and his best friend AJ quickly take to exploring the thick woods near their home. What starts off as a fun little trip down an old, unused trail, quickly turns into bone-chilling mystery as the boys discover a ghostly lake where something seems to follow them in the fog. As the experiences turn creepier, Joey turns to his family for answers, only to discover that no one knows of a lake in the woods. Then things go from bad to worse, as a sorcerer, known only as the Night Rider surfaces on a dark night following Joey. As Joey and his friends race to escape the sorcerer’s grasp, they discover that years before a powerful medicine and beloved war hero vanished from nearby. Suddenly, Joey is in a race against time to find the secret of the Ghost Lake, before he becomes it’s next victim.
 

The Phantom Camper (ISBN 978-0-5575-5089-0)

Joey Red Wolf returns in an all new adventure. Step in to the culture of the Cheyenne as Joey and his friends get their first real glance at the Sun Dance, a sacred renewal ceremony that happens during the summer. However, Joey isn't the only newcomer to Sun Dance, he's going to be joined by two wacky cousins from visiting from Oklahoma, his little brother, and a mysterious visitor who no one sees, known only as The Phantom Camper! Come join the adventure as Joey ventures from home for the first time and finds himself chasing a shadowy Phantom at Eagle's Landing with the help of his friends. Can Joey find the Phantom, or will Sun Dance be ruined? Come find out!

 

The Mystery of Hawk's Canyon (ISBN 978-1-2579-6383-6)

The old ways are sacred to the Cheyenne people; it is their way of connecting to the Great Spirit, and forms the core of traditional family life. For generations a few hand-picked people have been entrusted with the responsibility to carry the ceremonies onwards. The family Red Wolf, is just such a family, with Grandpa Ben being one of few remaining Cheyenne medicine men. A medicine man is a traditional doctor, or a healer, as the people refer to it. It is also a position of great responsibility, and importance. In the Red Wolf family the medicine skipped a generation, and Grandpa Ben has chosen of all his grandchildren, for Joey to be his successor as a Cheyenne medicine man. Everyone knows Joey is a shy, quiet boy with cerebral palsy, who needs help with almost everything.

Seeking the quiet of the outdoors, Joey and his friends explore Hawk’s Canyon, a small canyon not far from Gray Horse on a quiet weekend. However Hawk’s Canyon hides dark secrets of its own. In the thrill of childhood innocence, Joey stumbles across a dark and ancient secret long hidden by the tribal elders. What he finds, turns his life upside down, and sends him running in terror. Now Joey begins to realize his grandfather knows something that he never shared. For the first time, Joey finds himself searching for the answer to a personal mystery. Why does Grandpa Ben want so desperately to leave his most sacred ways with a child with a disability?
 

More information: http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeukxgo/

Marco Peel (Spain)

a parallel path (ISBN 978-1-4538-3201-1)

2002. Waking up naked next to a man she barely knows, after a night out of which she has no recollection, Nastasha realises she has lost something she can never recover. And it's not just her shoes. Running away, she ends up on the old pilgrim's road from Arles to Santiago de Compostela. But while walking helps her forget, she is hounded by disturbing dreams that seem to predict the future, and frightening visions of a boy crossing her path, in an apocolyptic landscape, in another time.

1348. First to come down with the plague, Dominic survives to find himself alone in a world changed beyond comprehension. Blaming himself for his father's death, he sets off to Santiago, where his mother abandoned him at birth 13 years ago, in the hope of finding out who she was, who he is, and where he belongs.

Although centuries apart, they share more than their choice to walk barefoot. More, in fact, than they may wish to find out...

More information: http://sites.google.com/site/aparallelpath