Reincarnation (novel)
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| Reincarnation | |
| Author | Suzanne Weyn |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy, Romantic novel |
| Publisher | Scholastic Press |
| Publication date | 1 January, 2008 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 304 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 978-054-501-323-9 |
Reincarnation is a 2008 fantasy novel by American author Suzanne Weyn. The novel was released on January 1, 2008.
[edit] Plot introduction
Reincarnation is the story of a two lovers who attempt to find each other through the centuries. The narrative follows the action through time. The individuals are followed throughout Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, the American Civil War, Paris (Just prior to World War II), the 1960s in the United States, and finally as modern day teenagers.
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[edit] The Settings
Prehistory In the first setting of the story the female character is a Cro-Magnon (more developed caveman), and the male charcter is a Neandrathal, man a little behind Cro-Magnon in evolution, thus unable to capture the concept of speech. The female, May, and the male, Kye, end in a struggle for a green gem chizzled out of a cave wall. May wanted it so that she could have her own ranking within her tribe, to be able to not marry an insensitive tribesman, Lenar, antagonist #1. Kye wants it so that he may redeem himself within his tribe, for he had run away from a fight.
Future incarnations inherit May's singing, and Kye's aching head injury.
Egypt, 1280 B.C.E. The second setting is in ancient Egypt, in the setting of a wealthy nobleman. The female's name is Tetisheri, and she is the household singer and dancer, the performer. The male of this setting is Taharaq, a captured Nubian archer, who has been dragged into slavery by Egyptians. Due to an injury during the fight he is mute, unable to speak. He becomes a slave in the same household Tetisheri works and lives in. He was caught and given to the nobleman by antagonist #1's reincarnation, Ramose. Antagonist #2 is introduced as Nerfi, a household servant, and the woman who vies for Taharaq's affection, while Ramose for Tetisheri's. The green gem is reincarnated as an Eye of Horus pendant that Ramose gives to Tetisheri, as he wishes to marry her when he returnes from a military voyage. While Ramose is away Taharaq and Tetisheri realize their love for each other and Taharaq heals, able to speak again.
Tetisheri inherited her singing from her previous life, while Taharaq inherited his inability to speak, and terrible headaches (from Kye's injury). Further incarnations inherit Tetisheri's bad ankle that she injured while dancing, and a knack for writing and reading and archery from Taharaq. Antagonist #1 would inherit an aching jaw from when Taharaq punched Ramose.
Athens, Greece, 399 B.C.E. The female is Hyacinth, a nobleman's privileged daughter, and the male is Artem, a "wild boy" orphan, living and wandering alone in the wilderness. Hyacinth catches Artem hunting on her father's land. They meet and talk for a while. Artem has inherited his passion for reading and writing from a previous life, and offers to teach Hyacinth to read, as women were taught to do so then. The two keep meeting for their "reading lessons" but really they're falling n love, Hyacinth more so than Artem, at first. Artem, being a skilled archer, is convinced to compete for Hyacinth's hand in marriage against antagonist #1, Macar. But when Macar catches the two together, and later beats up Artem, making him unable to go and compete for Hyacinth. Hyacinth is heartbroken, and by the time Artem is healed enough to go to her she has joined the temple of Athena, having become a priestess, under oath, unable to leave or to marry. Honoring her oath, Hyaconth refuses to run away with Artem, even though she wants to, and keeps the emerald earrings Artem gave her. Antagonist #2 is Iphigenia, another young priestess. She is insanely jealous of Hyacinth and Artem's love, and thinks negatively of Hyacinth turning him down, thinking she would run away with him in a heartbeat. She steals Hyacinth's earrings, and one night when Artem is serenading Hyacinth with his flute, as always, and she sees that Hyacinth is finally climbing down to join Artem she throws the earrings out the window. Artem thinks Hyacinth has thrown the earrings, and bumps into Hyacinth as they both go to retrieve them. But that makes them tumble down a rocky hill, and to one of their deaths.
Salem, Massachusetts, 1991 The female is Elizabeth May, the male is Brian, Antagonist #1 is Charles, and antagonist #2 is Abby. But Abby wants to get rid of Elizabeth May so that she can have Charles, her husband. Brian is never actually in the story, but rather a fodn memory of Elizath May's. To get Elizabeth May out of the picture Abby gets Charles thinking that she's having an affair, and shows him peridot earrings from Brian. When he shows Elizabeth May the earrings and refuses to give them back she attacks him. Abby brings in a lawman and accuses her of being a witch, pointing out Charles's scarred face, and just then a black cat jumps into Elizabeth May's arms. In a later story it is revealed that Brian was coming for Elizabeth May, just too late to save her from burning at the stake.
