On the frozen shores of Alaska's distant past, a young woman yearns to be a shaman . From award winning Alaskan author Elyse Guttenberg comes SUMMER LIGHT a prehistory alive with the magic that was abundant when time was new. Elik was not like the others. She could not sew a seal skin with the tiny stitches that would make a kayak watertight or set a trap as silently as drifting snow. But this she could She could sing the Spirit Songs,almost like a shaman. Desired by a powerful shaman and in love with a stranger cast out of his home, Elik fights for a way to save her people and reach her destiny. But will the old shaman relinquish his claim? Will the spirits reveal their secrets?