Spirit Walker is the second of the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, after Wolf Brother which I read over Christmas.
I don't have a lot to add to what I said about Wolf Brother - I think I read this one even more quickly and I found it equally enjoyable.
This time they end up with an island people. The accounts of sea trips in small canoes were vividly told and I felt I had a clear vision of the scenes in which the drama was unfolding.
Soul Eater is the third installment and once again I enjoyed the book - although this time there was a greater development of the ritual/religion of the Soul Eaters which I did not find quite as engaging as that aspect of the story did not carry the same sense of people and of place.
Outcast once again moves deeper into the world of the Soul Eaters and the challenges are more to do with the social constructs of Taboo than the "ordinary" life of early hunters. It is still powerful, and there are some big choices to be made as our young heroes find that doing what is "right" is not always the same as doing what is "permitted".
Oath Breaker, I don't know if it is because it is a little while since I read Outcast therefore I might be "fresh", but I found this much stronger than the last couple. Paver once again confronts the reader with the death of a major character within the first chapter. It also felt like Torak, Renn, and Wolf were all growing up, head strong teenagers being forced into wisdom of years, that the arc of the wider narrative was becoming visible.
So it is now on to the next (and last) one...
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