The Dragons of Denali
Contributed by GB Jones
Life is not easy, whether you are a king or a pauper. In the recently published book “The Dragons of Denali,” the story is told of a young family living all alone in the heartland of the Denali wilderness in Russia-America in the early 1800’s.
This paperback novel tells of the many trials and heartaches endured by the family as they trudge through the darkened aspects of existence, questioning why things happen as they do. This is a family that lost everything and, in so doing, discovered much.
This book explores themes of spiritual and physical survival and the mysteries that lurk about during the family’s quest to survive.
A passage from the book reads: “And the old shaman pointed to the mountain and told the children that people never see the great Denali. What you see is her spotless robe, which she always wears, but it is beneath that veil that is the real Denali. Though we do not really see the mountain, we know that she nevertheless exists with all her grandeur of granite! So too are their other worlds, some of which cross within our own dimensions yet are unseen by most. Within and beyond this mountain lie many sacred things.”
This book was recently published and is distributed by Todd Communications in Anchorage.