Flight of the Goose

Flight of the Goose: A Story of the Far Northis unique award-winning literary fiction set in the Alaskan Arctic at the birth of the environmental and Native rights movements.

Kayuqtuq - the red fox - seeks to gain respect in her village through the outlawed path of shamanism. Her plan leads to tragedy when she interferes with a bird scientist who has come to research oil spills - and evade the draft.
Told from their two perspectives, Flight of the Goose is a tale of cultural conflict, spiritual awakening, redemption and love in a time when things are, to use the words of an old arctic shaman, no longer familiar .

This is a classic journey of the hero, a coming-of-age tale woven with ecology, adventure and myth. Danger and violence erupt from villains and the wilderness itself. The reader becomes immersed in the lives of indigenous and outside characters in the remote village: witches, missionaries, sport hunters, grandmothers, bush pilots, oil men, evil spirits, bears and geese.
Under it all is a universal story of passion - between a man and a woman, community, and love for the Earth. Quotes from shamans and seers from many ancient cultures enrich the text.
Lesley Thomas writes from first hand experience. Her books authenticity with its research into Inuit culture, history, wildlife and environmental perils is endorsed by experts; Flight of the Goose is read at Boston University, University of Alaska, shamanic schools, and in book clubs across the world.