A harrowing journey where loyalties, priorities, and beliefs take on new meaning.
From the moment Eunis enters the world, she is not like everyone else. Her face and skin branded by albinism stand out, her upbringing causes her to feel unconnected to other people, and her outstanding and unexplainable sensitivity to unusual weather phenomena leaves Eunis always on the defensive, ready to face an inevitable barrage of derisive comments and judgemental stares. Against the odds, Eunis has turned her perceived flaws into extraordinary gifts, propelling herself to a high-profile job with a television station. With the endless support of her New York family, Eunis is just beginning to taste the confidence and recognition she’s always hungered for. But superstition and tradition have a way of sneaking up on a person, even after you’ve run thousands of miles away from those beliefs. A family member named Kyra who shares Eunis’s rare albinism has become the victim of a barbaric crime. Local officials tend to overlook these sorts of offenses, so Eunis becomes the family’s only help in finding the girl, that is, assuming she’s still alive. Whether fate or fortune, Eunis’s television job has her jetting off to South Africa for a weather piece, opening the door for her to investigate the crime. As she works to find Kyra, she’ll need to trust her instincts more than ever to survive the forces that threaten to completely pull her under.
Superstition and self-doubt are just a couple of the deep thematic elements underpinning the complex and steady plot of A Bounty of Bone by PG Lengsfelder. The idea that this emotionally charged novel is inspired by real events, events taking place in the world right now, adds another level of drama and darkness. Eunis is an interesting character, a woman who can be manipulative, yet is vulnerable. Broken from years of torment, yet confident when the situation demands it. Still, the understated star in this emotional thriller is Lengsfelder’s acute ability to paint a picture, pulling audiences into whatever location or landscape Eunis is tied to. Even an insignificant moment, for example, a hat being stolen by the wind and lost to frigid Montana waters, becomes a gorgeous artistic expression, a snapshot in time that crystalizes the mood and temperament of the scene. And although this second book in The Eunis Trilogy alludes to larger events in Eunis’s life, the global plot stands on its own and leaves readers completely satisfied. Get ready to take a harrowing journey where loyalties, priorities, and beliefs take on new meaning as you travel throughout Africa with Eunis in A Bounty of Bone.
