The Heavenward Path
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by Kara Dalkey
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
KARA DALKEY is the author of many short stories and eight novels, including Little Sister, the first novel about Mitsuko and Goranu. Her historical novel The Nightingale is, like Little Sister and The Heavenward Path, set in ancient Japan. In addition to writing, she plays electric bass guitar, paints, dabbles in community theater, and practices shotokan karate and tae kwon do.
Ms. Dalkey lives with her husband and three cats in Gunnison, Colorado.