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Fox Red
As the winter solstice draws close and the shadows in the pine woods lengthen, a young woman sets out to trap and kill a fox, the tutelary beast of her dead husband. Clad in its hide and armed with its cunning, she sets out on a hard and desperate journey - a journey that will lead her through realms of primordial spirits and restless phantoms, shadowed by a great wolf with eyes of ice and a bone-white pelt.
Her name is Ruja, and she will challenge the realm of Death itself to recover what was lost.
Her name is Ruja, and she will challenge the realm of Death itself to recover what was lost.
- GenresFantasy
82 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 20, 2014
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November 30, 2014
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This is not a light read. It isn’t long, but it isn’t light. The first time I read it, I had taken my Mother-in-law to the doctor. Sitting in the waiting room, I started to cry. I’m not one of those girls who cry pretty. My nose turns bright red and my eyes look like two burnt holes in a blanket. So, yeah, it is obvious if I cry. And cry I did, sitting in the waiting room at this clinic. This lady had to hand me a tissue and tell me that she understood completely what it’s like to cry in a book. That’s the sort of emotional draw this book has. I don’t want you to think that it’s a bad book. If it can elicit such an emotional reaction out of me, it’s VERY good. But it has a lot of baggage that it works through. Ruja suffers a lot in her young life. And honestly, she’s at the end of her rope and she just wants something good, something to cling to. My heart literally rent in two for her. And that says a lot. This is a very interesting retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. It has the basic elements with a Native American twist. It’s beyond worth the small price to pay for this book. I’ve read it several times since then, and I still cry. I will tell you, that Ruja finds the hope that she’s looking for. Just not in the way she or you would think.
Mr. Protopapas only has this one book out. I wish he would put out something else. I have his amazon page set to favorite so I can be informed for the day when he does put something else out there. His ability to have the reader feel the emotions of his heroine is a mighty wonderful ability for an author to have. Though I’ve never suffered through the things she’s been forced to endure, I feel as though her pain were my own. I’m compelled to empathize and sympathize with her as though i KNEW how she felt and what she’s been through. I have and would recommend this book for others to read. I just warn everyone that it isn’t a good feel book, though it does end on a hopeful note. Ruja is much stronger than anyone gives her credit for.
This is not a light read. It isn’t long, but it isn’t light. The first time I read it, I had taken my Mother-in-law to the doctor. Sitting in the waiting room, I started to cry. I’m not one of those girls who cry pretty. My nose turns bright red and my eyes look like two burnt holes in a blanket. So, yeah, it is obvious if I cry. And cry I did, sitting in the waiting room at this clinic. This lady had to hand me a tissue and tell me that she understood completely what it’s like to cry in a book. That’s the sort of emotional draw this book has. I don’t want you to think that it’s a bad book. If it can elicit such an emotional reaction out of me, it’s VERY good. But it has a lot of baggage that it works through. Ruja suffers a lot in her young life. And honestly, she’s at the end of her rope and she just wants something good, something to cling to. My heart literally rent in two for her. And that says a lot. This is a very interesting retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. It has the basic elements with a Native American twist. It’s beyond worth the small price to pay for this book. I’ve read it several times since then, and I still cry. I will tell you, that Ruja finds the hope that she’s looking for. Just not in the way she or you would think.
Mr. Protopapas only has this one book out. I wish he would put out something else. I have his amazon page set to favorite so I can be informed for the day when he does put something else out there. His ability to have the reader feel the emotions of his heroine is a mighty wonderful ability for an author to have. Though I’ve never suffered through the things she’s been forced to endure, I feel as though her pain were my own. I’m compelled to empathize and sympathize with her as though i KNEW how she felt and what she’s been through. I have and would recommend this book for others to read. I just warn everyone that it isn’t a good feel book, though it does end on a hopeful note. Ruja is much stronger than anyone gives her credit for.
April 5, 2014
Well... I love it ! You should definitly read this short story !
First I have to say I had no idea that this read would be so intense.
It is not the kind of book I read so, at the beginning I was not totally into it.
But quickly I was too curious and impressed to stop my read.
It is just as good as it seems. But most of all I loved how the words created pictures in my mind. It was beautiful and orignal.
The one thing I did not like much is I wanted to know more about Ruja. But I think it is because the story really focuses on the journey and the worlds where the path leads.
And I was so moved by her story, what she finds and understands though her long and lonely journey.
I'm not an expert but I think it is truly amazing for what I believe is a first book. I wonder where Nathan Protopapas found the ideas to write this short story. I am officially amazed ! And glad I got the chance to read something I am not used to.
I hope Nathan's career is going to be a long one !
First I have to say I had no idea that this read would be so intense.
It is not the kind of book I read so, at the beginning I was not totally into it.
But quickly I was too curious and impressed to stop my read.
It is just as good as it seems. But most of all I loved how the words created pictures in my mind. It was beautiful and orignal.
The one thing I did not like much is I wanted to know more about Ruja. But I think it is because the story really focuses on the journey and the worlds where the path leads.
And I was so moved by her story, what she finds and understands though her long and lonely journey.
I'm not an expert but I think it is truly amazing for what I believe is a first book. I wonder where Nathan Protopapas found the ideas to write this short story. I am officially amazed ! And glad I got the chance to read something I am not used to.
I hope Nathan's career is going to be a long one !
January 24, 2015
Nathan Protopapas is an excellent story teller. He wove an intricate story of anguish, hearts desire, and an amazing heroine. She faces insurmountable odds and with a will of steel finds the peace she desires
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