5/18/2023 0 Comments Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger![]() ![]() Further, as a Lipan Apache, she develops her stories with Apache characters and themes. As an author, she specializes in speculative fiction, especially horror, science fiction and fantasy. Rather than running the risk of the justice system failing her family and letting her husband’s murderer get off scot-free, Lenore decides to take a bigger risk: wake up Trevor’s ghost, and let it do the dirty work. Darcie Little Badger (born 1987) is an author and an Earth scientist. Lenore tries to purposely disturb Trevor’s grave because she “wants him to come back for vengeance” (266). Darcies short fiction, nonfiction and comics have appeared in multiple places. ![]() Her critically acclaimed debut novel, Elatsoe, was featured in Time Magazine as one of the best 100 fantasy novels of all time. Trevor’s widow, however, wants to take a different approach. Darcie Little Badger is a Lipan Apache writer with a PhD in oceanography. ![]() She decides to launch her own investigation to bring justice to her cousin’s murderer. Ellie knows that the likelihood of someone like Abe Allerton facing actual consequences for his crime is low because he is well-connected and privileged. She hopes that “it happen through a police investigation that led to an arrest that resulted in a successful trial by jury and a murder conviction” (50), but she also recognizes that the American justice system is deeply flawed. ![]() When Ellie learns that Trevor has died and there might have been foul play, she becomes hyperfocused on ensuring that Trevor’s murderer faces justice. ![]()
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