Song of the Lion turns on a car bombing at a high-school basketball game and a contested development dispute on Navajo land, drawing Bernadette Manuelito, Jim Chee, and Joe Leaphorn into a case rich with contemporary environmental and tribal politics. Booklist praised how Hillerman "seamlessly blends tribal lore and custom" while establishing Manuelito as the series' main player, and the novel shows her confident command of the Four Corners world her father, Tony, made famous.
This HarperCollins first edition, first printing is signed by Anne Hillerman on the title page and carries a publisher "Autographed" sticker on the front endpaper. The handsome jacket features a stalking mountain lion silhouetted against a desert sunset within the series' Southwestern border. A signed first printing like this, with the author's own signature on the leaf, is a standout copy worth keeping in the record.
First Edition, first printing (2017), signed
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| Author | Anne Hillerman |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Year | 2017 |
| ISBN | 978-0-06-239190-2 |
| Edition | First Edition, first printing (2017), signed |
| Signed | Yes — Signed by the author with a publisher 'Autographed' bookplate on the title page. |
| Condition | Hardcover in dust jacket, very good. |
| Topic | New Mexico / Navajo mystery fiction |
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