Best-selling writing team and archaeologists W. Michael and Kathleen O'Neal Gear offer this compelling second novel in their Battle for America series. In 1539, Black Shell, his wife Pearl Hand, and their fellow exiles try to make a stand against the invasion of the Kristianos and their leader Hernando de Soto. But de Soto doesn't plan to back down easily.
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"Once again, I raced through book two of this historical fiction. DeSoto's troups again are gruelish but loosing the battle. Not sure I like the style of the main character talking to the reader.. New to the Gear's writing style. Still, I like the books and series." — Sue (5 out of 5 stars)
"Once again, I raced through book two of this historical fiction. DeSoto's troups again are gruelish but loosing the battle. Not sure I like the style of the main character talking to the reader.. New to the Gear's writing style. Still, I like the books and series."
" Like the first of the series, this was a page turner. I've had to work hard to put it out of my mind in order to wait for the next book. "
" Loved the history lesson. The drama of trying to bring one man down and the tolls it takes! "
" These books are amazing. Black Shell continues to make me laugh out loud while also bringing to life the horror that native Americans endured. Incredible read. "
" keeps you hoping that black shell will get de soto soon.but if you know your native american history you know it doesnt happen in this book.good read.cant wait for the last one. "
" LOVE these authors and every one of their books. I've read so many/most of them I begin to forget what I've read and what I haven't. I love this genre of books! "
" The second in the trilogy. Interesting read on the "early" discovery of America and how it affected the native Americans. "
" Loved it. Book 2 in the series Contact: The Battle of America "
" I love the Gears, together and separately, but this series has been a little more difficult to read. I do love the characters and I did learn a lot, but it didn't grab me as much as their other books. "
" Good story about the early contacts of native americans with the Spanish, from the native American perspective. "
W. Michael Gear is the author or coauthor with his wife, Kathleen O’Neal Gear, of more than fifty published novels. The couple have received the Western Writers of America 2021 Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Contributions to Western Literature, the highest honor bestowed by the nonprofit guild. He is a USA Today and internationally bestselling author whose work has been translated into twenty-nine languages with over seventeen million copies in print worldwide. Both an anthropologist and archaeologist, he brings extraordinary depth and complexity to his characters and settings. He can be found at gear-gear.com.
Kevin Orton is a musician, composer, and actor. He performed in the 1999 Broadway revival of Amadeus and has appeared in numerous other New York and regional theater productions, as well as on television and in film. As a musician, he is most noted for composing and performing original music in the Tony Award–winning production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
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