Ember From the Sun [Englisch] [Gebundene Ausgabe]

When scientist Yute Nahadeh finds the frozen, perfectly preserved corpse of a Neanderthal woman buried in the northern tundra, he's stunned, especially when he discovers what he believes is a viable fetus in the woman's womb. Believing he can "breed" a baby Neanderthal and thus claim his place in scientific history, Yute bribes an adolescent Quanoot Indian girl to have the fetus implanted in her womb. When the child is born, the starry-eyed mom wrests the baby from Yute's greedy grasp to take home to her tribe. Little Ember grows into an odd-looking adult who's athletically gifted, tawny skinned, and blessed with unique healing powers. But she's too different to fit into her family, her tribe, or society. Her extreme loneliness leads her to Yute to find clues to her past and her parentage. Canter's story is unique and appealing, with an engaging heroine, furious action, and intriguing tidbits of history, archaeology, and Native American culture. Negatives: the plot, while imaginative, nonetheless strains credibility; the writing is often formulaic; and Canter tries too hard to make the story meaningful with a capital M. Still, give this first-time author an E for effort, and expect the book to attract considerable attention. Emily Melton

Neanderthals (who disappeared from the world 40,000 years ago) get a new lease on life in this impressive, engrossing debut novel. While visiting his Indian homeland, Yute Nahadeh (who forsook Alaska to become a world-class paleoanthropologist) unearths from an ice cave a perfectly preserved young woman of great antiquity. Yute smuggles his find back to a Seattle lab and discovers that she was pregnant at her death. Eager to study what he's convinced will be a Neanderthal offspring, the young scientist pays a runaway Indian girl to take the embryo to term. After the birth of a healthy baby girl, however, the surrogate mother refuses to let Yute have her. In consequence, the child grows up as Ember Ozette in a remote fishing village on the Washington State coast. Endowed with a glowing golden skin, speech impediments, a strapping physique, and far greater strength than contemporaries of either sex, Ember appreciates early on that she's very different from other kids. In the meantime, Yute, who has been observing his prot‚g‚ from afar, makes contact with Ember and, in desperation, kidnaps her. Unwilling to serve as a living lab specimen, Ember escapes his clutches and heads north to her ancestral home in Alaska. Once there, she learns that a gold-mining enterprise is going to destroy a subterranean burial ground housing her people. Desperate to preserve her heritage, Ember takes on the villainous exploiters. In the ensuing donnybrook, Yute redeems himself by saving Ember's life (at the cost of his own) and a cavern full of so-called Heart-Talkers who can be cloned. At the close, Ember, who has given birth to a son, settles into a remote Alaskan valley that promises to prove a happy hunting ground for the prehistoric humans whose revival she presages. An effective blend of scientific fact and shamanistic fancy, one that weaves a genuinely magic spell. (First printing of 100,000; Literary Guild selection; author tour) -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

In this debut novel, a Native American scientist discovers a frozen, pregnant Neanderthal woman and implants the fetus into a Native American teenaged girl. To the scientist's dismay, she keeps and raises the child, Ember, who becomes a woman of extraordinary strength, grace, and courage. But Ember is made to feel freakish, especially when her powers of healing are discovered, and she sets out to discover the truth about her conception. Meantime, there are other Neanderthals whose existence is endangered by a ruthless corporation that is extracting gold from a motherlode located near the frozen bodies. Ember is an unforgettable character, and the story is exciting and suspenseful. Essential for readers of general fiction, fantasy, and romance.
-?Marylaine Block, St. Ambrose Univ. Lib., Davenport, Ia.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

YA. A well-written thriller set in the 1970s. The story begins as Dr. Yute Nahadeh discovers a well-preserved, frozen Neanderthal woman in Alaska. As he studies the woman, he discovers that she was pregnant at her death. He decides to implant the embryo and create a Neanderthal to study firsthand. He finds a hungry, homeless teenage couple to serve as the surrogate parents. After the birth of the child, the couple decide that they cannot give her up and raise the baby girl named Ember. Neither of the parents knows her history. As Ember grows, she begins to question her heritage because she looks and acts so differently from other girls her age. The folks in her hometown either shun her or worship her for her differences. Ember eventually seeks out Dr. Nahadeh and they travel to the area where the frozen corpse was found. Ember's search for her people, Dr. Nahadeh's fanatical study of the Neanderthal, a modern mining project, and greed bring this novel to a surprising end. Readers will learn lots about the Neanderthal, contemplate the power of science, and enjoy a fast, good read.?Linda A. Vretos, West Springfield High School, Springfield, VA
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

In the blue ice of an arctic cave, a scientist has made an extraordinary discovery: a woman's body, frozen for 25,000 years in a near-perfect state, with pliant tissues, vessels filled with blood--and an embryo waiting to be born....

They called her Ember, the child of their heart, born to surrogate parents who refused to yield her after birth.  Raised among the Quanoot Indians, Ember is as modern as those around her, a young woman struggling with a loneliness and yearning she does not yet understand.  Stronger than her classmates, imbued with the power to heal, Ember's soul resounds with the cries and whispers of a time she has never seen, and of a people who beckon her home.

Desperate to unravel the mystery of her birth, Ember embarks on a spellbinding journey to find the people who call to her in her dreams.  Guided by a shaman who has waited for her return, pursued by the man of science who brought her to life, Ember is drawn to a place where no one else can go--where her ancestors, the golden-skinned people of her dreams, wait for her to set them free....