A Rapture of Ravens: Awakening in Taos: A Novel

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A sizzling new novel set in Taos, New Mexico. The third in the Justine Trilogy, preceded by the award-winning, The Cairo Codex and The Italian Letters.
Anthropologist Justine Jenner travels to Taos in search of D. H. Lawrence . . . and her own identity. She stumbles into the conflict and hunt for the migration patterns of the peoples from the west. Here, she finds the Red Willow people, archaeologists, Lawrence aficionados, and artists who draw her into the riveting blend of cultures that is Taos. Lawrence discoveries include the spirituality he found on Lobos Mountain, legal documents that lay unexplored in the Taos courthouse for decades, his lost will, and letters that more fully explain his mysterious journey. After her Egyptian lover, Amir, joins her at Christmas, he returns to Cairo to lead the revolution of January 2011. The stunning finale to the Trilogy engages Justine in a life-and-death struggle with nature and with herself.

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Linda Lambert captures the reader's mind and heart with A Rapture of Ravens: Awakening in Taos. Through the soul of a true story writer, she makes everyone fall in love with D. H. Lawrence and his quest, wherever that may lead. This novel explores the mysteries of life...gripping, beautifully written. --Bill Haller, President, The Friends of D. H. Lawrence Lambert's historical journeys parallel her adventurous novels, as she probes through time in her quest to uncover mysteries. Her masterful research leads her to people whose real-life stories intertwine with the past and present. With Lambert's vivid imagination, layers are uncovered and braided together into A Rapture of Ravens: Awakening in Taos, a marvelous novel of suspense and timelessness. --Giovanna Paponetti, painter, professor, University of New Mexico/Taos, author of KATERI, Native American Saint: The Life and Miracles of Kateri Tekakwitha Linda Lambert weaves an intricate story blending the past with the present in the beautiful setting of Taos and northern New Mexico. Her descriptions of the people and places are delightful. As an archaeologist, I especially enjoyed the visits to ancestral Puebloan villages and the archaeological discussions concerning the movement of Pueblo people into the northern New Mexico area in prehistoric times. A fascinating sub-plot deals with D. H. Lawrence, who found his spiritual center at his ranch in the tranquil foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains north of Taos. --Paul Williams, archaeologist, Bureau of Land Management, retired, Taos, New Mexico

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Linda Lambert, Ed.D., is professor emeritus at California State University, East Bay, and a full-time author of novels and best-selling texts on leadership. During her extensive career, she has served as a social worker, teacher, principal, director of adult learning programs, university professor, and State Department envoy to Egypt. She lives in Santa Rosa, CA.