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Shaman

Kim Stanley Robinson, Manuel Mata (2013)

SubgenreFantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages480 (Chunky (400-600))
Setting
CSM age14
Goodreads3.77/5 (4909)
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentMild
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

DeathViolenceSurvival

Positive tags

Coming of AgeMentor FigureSelf-DiscoverySurvival

Hero archetypes

MentorComing-of-Age HeroOutcast / Loner

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistReluctant Hero

Tropes

Coming of AgeMentor FigureReluctant HeroOutcast / LonerFish out of WaterTraining Arc

Themes

Coming of AgeSurvivalIdentityTradition vs ChangeCommunityAncient WisdomFinding One's Path

Synopsis

A saga of life thirty thousand years ago during the Ice Age depicts the lives of the shaman Thorn, an outsider named Elga, and Loon, the next shaman, who is struggling to find his own path in a treacherous and uncertain world.

Tags

Historical FantasyAnthropologicalLiterary FantasyPrehistoric