Red Shift

This book is designated “young adult,” but it's a challenging read. The writing is spare. Action is mostly communicated by dialogue without attribution and there's little description and no explanation of what is going on. Yet, although the writing is spare, there is a lot going on. The story takes place in three time periods in the same geographical area. The three storylines have some things in common, including an ancient axe head, a man who is troubled by disturbing visions and a woman who attempts to protect and love him. In each time period the people are experiencing terrible violence of different kinds. The three threads are brought together at the end of the book in a way that's unexpected and powerful, but also raises questions. I recommend this if you like to mull over your books for days after reading the last page!