In this newest installment of the bestselling Prehistoric North America series, animals and humans are struggling for survival amidst massive environmental change. Mammoths, mastodons, and giant lions have become extinct, and Rain Bear, the chief of Sandy Point Village, knows his struggling Raven People may be next. One day a beautiful red-haired woman, Evening Star, stumbles into his council lodge and begs him for sanctuary. He soon learns that she's an escaped slave from the North Wind People, a Caucasoid race and the Raven People's mortal enemies. If he offers to protect her, the North Wind People will attack, but if he sends her back, Rain Bear knows Evening Star will be tortured and perhaps killed.
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" All the Gears books are written as true to life as it could possibly be. I read one comment that she couldn't separate the gods from the people by name. Mother earth, sister moon, and the thunderbirds. You have to understand our beliefs. They are living gods, and referred to as such. These i believe are the best written about life in the prehistory. " — Dennis Cook (5 out of 5 stars)
" All the Gears books are written as true to life as it could possibly be. I read one comment that she couldn't separate the gods from the people by name. Mother earth, sister moon, and the thunderbirds. You have to understand our beliefs. They are living gods, and referred to as such. These i believe are the best written about life in the prehistory. "
" Wonderful storyline, fascinating characters, twisting plot, and action, action, action - this story has it all. The Gear's are definitely on top of their game with this book. "
" I enjoyed the history . The people in these books come to life and leave u feeling like you where there. I have read many of books by both authors "
" It wasn't as interesting as some of the series, still worth a read. "
" This fictional tale of very early native Americans was pretty good, but I found it somewhat confusing that the characters in the story referred to the elements as if they were people, especially since the characters names were also frequently 'earthy'. "
" This 'period book' took place 14,000 years ago in what is now the states of Washington and Oregon. The envisioned life of people's day-to-day activities needed for survival and corresponding beliefs was entertaining. "
" wow the best of authors lays another archaeological based tale of native American tribes showing the religion and beliefs that created ancent societies. the story of confilict in north america "
" Really enjoyed this one as much for the research and detail of pre-colonial America as for the story itself. Well done on both counts, and I'm off for another from the Gears. "
" Interesting take on the "Kennewick Man" and how it could have fit into paleo Native American society. "
" Another outstanding Novel by the Gears. "
" Weakest entry in the series, confusing and hard to follow. "
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.
Kathleen O’Neal Gear is an author and nationally award-winning archaeologist who has been honored by the United States Congress. She is a former state historian and archaeologist for Wyoming, Kansas, and Nebraska for the U.S. Department of the Interior. She has twice received the federal government’s Special Achievement Award for “outstanding management” of our nation’s cultural heritage. With her husband, W. Michael Gear, she is the co-author of many books.
Grover Gardner (a.k.a. Tom Parker) is an award-winning narrator with over eight hundred titles to his credit. Named one of the “Best Voices of the Century” and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned thirty-seven Earphones Awards.
Grover Gardner (a.k.a. Tom Parker) is an award-winning narrator with over a thousand titles to his credit. Named one of the “Best Voices of the Century” and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones Awards.
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