“Bledsoe turns standard urban fantasy tropes on their head by reimagining modern elves as a tiny, isolated ethnic group unsure of their own origins…The slowly unfolding mystery of the Tufa is a fascinating and absorbing masterpiece of world-building.” - Publishers Weekly Or, you might say, a rustic version of ‘urban fantasy,’ with its suggestion that there’s mystery just around the corner, hidden behind even the dullent small-town façade.” - Wall Street Journal “It’s a mixture: folk tales and folks songs, updated with a dose of Sex and the City. “Imagine a book somewhere between American Gods and Faulkner…Absolutely worth your time.” - Patrick Rothfuss, #1 New York Times bestselling author Mixing magic with a war hero, superstitions with instruments and songs, haints and omens, a family must come together with their history and their place in the world and finding a way to be true to their culture while at the same time true to themselves. "In this created world of the Tuftas, Bledsoe has given us an outstanding story and wonderful characters. With death stalking her family, will she ever again join in the song of her people and let it lift her onto the night winds? Worse yet, Bronwyn has lost touch with herself and with the music that was once a part of her life. Cryptic omens warn of impending tragedy, while a restless “haint” has followed her home from the war. Private Bronwyn Hyatt, a true daughter of the Tufa, has returned from Iraq, wounded in body and spirit, but her troubles are far from over. But there are clues in their music, hidden in the songs they have passed down for generations. Dark-haired and enigmatic, they live quietly in the hills and valleys of Cloud County, their origins lost to history. When the first Europeans came to the Smoky Mountains, the Tufa were already there. No one knows where the Tufa came from or how they ended up in the mountains of east Tennessee.
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