The Darkness Rolling: A Novel (Mysteries from Navajoland), by Win Blevins, Meredith Blevins
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Upon his return from World War II, Seaman Yazzie Goldman realizes that not much has changed at his family's trading post in Monument Valley―and yet everything is different. His grandfather, Moses Goldman, has suffered a debilitating stroke, and while Yazzie's mother Nizhoni is doing her best, the post is slowly falling apart.
Nizhoni is thrilled that Yazzie has returned to help bring the trading post back to prosperity. Excitement comes from the nearby filming of a John Ford movie starring Henry Fonda. Director Ford enlists the tall, strong, half-Navajo and half-Jewish Yazzie to serve as a translator, and as a bodyguard for the beautiful actress Linda Darnell. Someone is sending Linda threatening letters, and as Yazzie investigates, he finds himself falling for her.
Yazzie isn't the only one to have recently returned home. A man who calls himself Zopilote, the Buzzard, has spent the last twenty-five years in jail steeping himself in the ancient Navajo chant "Darkness Rolling" and consumed with rage at the people who put him there―Yazzie's mother and grandfather.
A thrilling, heart-pounding read of family, adventure, romance, and vengeance, The Darkness Rolling is the first in an evocative historical mystery series by award-winning authors Win and Meredith Blevins. It was a finalist for the Spur Award for Best Western Contemporary Novel.
The Darkness Rolling: A Novel (Mysteries from Navajoland), by Win Blevins, Meredith Blevins- Amazon Sales Rank: #2010236 in Books
- Brand: Blevins, Win/ Blevins, Meredith
- Published on: 2015-06-02
- Released on: 2015-06-02
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.48" h x 1.07" w x 5.72" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 288 pages
Review
“When crime hits the movie business on the Navajo nation in The Darkness Rolling, it takes courage and heart to bring pure evil to justice. Yazzie Goldman has them both. A stellar first in a new suspense series.” ―Robert K. Tanenbaum, New York Times bestselling author of Tragic
“Win and Meredith Blevins have raised the bar for intelligent thrillers with The Darkness Rolling. This novel's power will stay with me for a long time.” ―Donald Bain, bestselling author of the "Murder, She Wrote" series and the Margaret Truman Capital Crimes series
About the Author
In addition to the Rendezvous novels, WIN BLEVINS, an authority on the Plains Indians and fur-trade era of the West, is author of Give Your Heart to the Hawks, Stone Song, his prize-winning novel of Crazy Horse, plus Charbonneau, Rock Child, RavenShadow, and others.
MEREDITH BLEVINS lives with her husband, author Win Blevins, and their family in the Canyonlands. She has been a creative arts therapist, an award-winning travel writer, and has published five books, including The Hummingbird Wizard
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Beautiful Navajo Mystery By Benjamin Boulden 1946. The war is over, and Yazzie Goldman—a Navajo with both a Jewish name and Jewish blood—is going home. He spent six years in the Navy, and the entire war in San Diego as Shore Patrol. His home is a trading post in Oljato near Monument Valley on the Utah-Arizona border. A place immortalized by John Ford’s film Stagecoach before the war, and now that the war is over, Mr. Ford, or as Yazzie calls him, Mr. John, is back with crew and cast to film My Darling Clementine.Yazzie, who worked for Mr. John as a Navajo translator on Stagecoach, is hired to escort a troubled star—“‘Big star, bigger ego. Linda Darnell.’”—from Winslow, Arizona to Monument Valley. She has a habit of showing favor to men and then dropping them cold; and a few take it personally. Yazzie and Ms. Darnell hit it off, and the escort job turns into Ms. Darnell’s onsite fulltime security. It’s a perfect job until Linda Darnell is attacked in her cabin, and Yazzie is blamed. The attack is more personal than Yazzie realizes; much more than simply that of suspect.THE DARKNESS ROLLING is a nicely executed period piece with sterling setting, plausible cast, and sharply developed mystery. Its setting, Monument Valley, is described with the tender and light touch of a knowing hand. It is the backdrop of John Wayne’s, and John Ford’s, greatest picture, The Searchers, and is no less integral to this story. Its painted rock shimmers in the narrative, and it is as much the story as the characters and plot. The cast is rich with the real; John Ford, Linda Darnell, are major characters believably developed in the story, and the descriptions of the film crew feel authentic. It is often difficult to determine reality from fiction.The narrative alternates between first and third person. Yazzie is the center, and his perspective is first person. The antagonist is revealed in brief snippets of third person. It is similar to the development of the antagonist in a serial killer novel, but its brevity shrewdly creates an unease that is buttressed by a creeping dark Navajo tale; a story that intermingles a sense of horror with the mystery.The novel is also a study of contradiction. Yazzie is part of two cultures—his grandfather is Jewish, and his mother is Navajo. His childhood home and the Navajo culture whisper to him, but his experience in the Navy and his cultural inheritance from his grandfather pull him away. It is similar to Monument Valley’s endless appeal to John Ford. The old, the timeless unchanging cathedral of the desert’s painted rocks, and the undeniable appeal of the new, almost celluloid, American dream with its changing perspectives and sensibilities.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. GREAT STORY. Masterful story telling. By Love a good Book Great Story! This is an intriguing story told well by master story tellers. The dynamic duo of Win and Meredith Blevins are the best portal into the mysteries and subtleties of the Navaho traditions and sensitivities. I love learning about a culture while being entertained. I held back one star for the next review in the series, hoping there is a little more explication of the scenes. I just want to dwell in each moment a while longer. Can't wait to read the second book in the series.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Another great read by Win and Meredith Blevins By P. Jamma Another great read by Win and Meredith Blevins. Their writing talents are top notch. The cast of characters come to life and draw you into the life of Seaman Yazzie Goldman as he returns to his home near Monument Valley just after WWII. Just enough humor, mystery, romance and insight into the Navajo culture to keep you reading and forgetting about house or yard work all day. Get a copy for your summer vacation and enjoy!
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