Land-Water-Sky / Ndè-Tı-Yat'a - by Katlį & à (Paperback)

About the Book

Land-Water-Sky/Ndè-Tı-Yat'a is the debut novel from Dene author Katlįà. Set in Canada's far north, this layered composite novel traverses space and time, from a community being stalked by a dark presence, a group of teenagers out for a dangerous joyride, to an archeological site on a mysterious island that holds a powerful secret.

Book Synopsis

A vexatious shapeshifter walks among humans. Shadowy beasts skulk at the edges of the woods. A ghostly apparition haunts a lonely stretch of highway. Spirits and legends rise and join together to protect the north.

Land-Water-Sky/Ndè-Tı-Yat'a is the debut novel from Dene author Katlįà. Set in Canada's far north, this layered composite novel traverses space and time, from a community being stalked by a dark presence, a group of teenagers out for a dangerous joyride, to an archeological site on a mysterious island that holds a powerful secret.
Riveting, subtle, and unforgettable, Katlįà gives us a unique perspective into what the world might look like today if Indigenous legends walked amongst us, disguised as humans, and ensures that the spiritual significance and teachings behind the stories of Indigenous legends are respected and honored.

Review Quotes

"In the era of pre-contact, ancient stories were deeply engrained in the landscape from which it derives from. They inspire traditional storytellers to pass onto current times, a frame to support today's tellings and in this writing, it's an extension too snippets of stories heard, the collisions of changing times of life in the raw, taking many forms of intrigue, an ongoing tradition, a shapeshifting."--John B. Zoe, traditional knowledge expert from Tlicho Territory, Senior Advisor with the Tlı̨chǫ Government, Chairperson of Dedats'eetsaa: the Tlı̨chǫ Research & Training Institute

"This book brought a lot of memory for me when Elders used to tell stories sitting around and visiting my parents and telling stories about nąhgąąÌ. The story was so descriptive the way the Elders told stories. I related to all the events of the story because its very similar to the stories I've heard. MahsıÌ Cho for keeping our stories alive."--Maro Sundberg, Executive Director at Goyatiko Language Society

This young author is rapidly becoming a force to be reckoned with in Canadian literature.--Mary-Anne Neal, MEd, associate faculty, Royal Roads University

About the Author

Katlįà is a Dene woman from the Northwest Territories. Previously serving as a Councillor for her First Nation, Yellowknives Dene, she is an activist, poet and columnist and law student in Indingeous Legal Orders. Katlįà writes about Indigenous injustices with a focus on the north. Land-Water-Sky is Katlįà's first fictional novel.