Disgusted by their ruler's lust for Tribute, Badgertail, the war leader, and Locust, the elusive warrior woman he loves, are certain that the young girl, Lichen, holds the key to their people's salvation. 150,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo. Tour.

People of the River (First North Americans)

Literature & Fiction

Gear, Kathleen O'Neal

Gear, W.Michael

United States

Tor Books

Traveling to North America in the 1630s to help convert the "natives," Jesuit priest Marc Dupre unexpectedly falls in love with a Huron princess and finds himself torn between love and duty. By the author of People of the Wolf. National ad/promo.

This Widowed Land

A spy for the Confederacy during the war, Robin Walkingstick Heatherton, daughter of a Virginia military family, struggles to build a life for herself and her son in the Colorado Territory. By the coauthor of People of the Lakes.

Thin Moon and Cold Mist (Women of the West)

Forge

Otter, a Mississippi Valley trader, undertakes a perilous journey that, if successful, will lead the Mound Builders to prosperity, while Star Shell, a chief's daughter, accompanies him towards Niagara Falls to destroy an evil totemic mask

People of the Lakes (First North Americans)

In pre-Columbian Florida, inhabitants of a fishing village are forced to confront their fears about Pondwader, a fifteen-year-old albino boy whom legends foretell will unleash a time of destruction on their people

People of the Lightning (First North Americans)

In 1150, the Great Sun Chief of the Anasazi people learns that his wife has given birth to the child of another man, and now that daughter, Cornsilk, with the help of a young man named Poor Singer, must flee the wrath of the Great Sun Chief

People of the Silence (The First North Americans Series, Book 8)

A bitter old recluse, feared as a terrible sorcerer, retreats to an island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay where only the bravest venture to his lair, until a frightened young man arrives bearing news of a terrible murder that will sunder the great chieftainships

People of the Mist: A Novel of the Algonquin Nation

With the help of a young village girl named Wren, Rumbler, the foretold "Manitou Child," escapes from Jumping Badger, the ruthless War Leader who murdered his mother, destroyed his home, and kidnapped him in an attempt to seize control of the child of power. 75,000 first printing.

People of the Masks

An all-new series, featuring a seamlessly integrated blend of ancient history and intriguing mystery that could only come from the international and USA Today bestselling authors of The First North Americans series.
 Award-winning archaeologists Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear have enriched and entertained an avid international audience of millions with their rousing historical epic of the pre-Columbian peoples of North America.
 Now these master storytellers turn to the American Southwest, to one of the most enigmatic people to ever inhabit this continent--the Anasazi. At its pinnacle in A.D. 1150, their empire was vast and sophisticated, unequaled until the arrival of the Europeans.
 Dr. Maureen Cole, one of the world's foremost physical anthropologists, has been called in to examine and evaluate a mass grave discovered in New Mexico. The burial site contains only the shattered skulls of women and children.
 Dr. Cole is appalled at the find and begins working immediately to unravel the mystery of these deaths. But as she works, strange things begin to happen around her. Little incidents at first, then her generator quits, and she begins to hear whispering voices emanating from the plastic bag of bones.
 In the nearby canyons, just a scant few moments ago in geologic time, a series of brutal murders has terrified the Katsinas' People. Their war chief, Browser, wanders the canyon rim at night, alone and terrified, searching for the killer.
 Eight women have been savagely murdered. Their bodies were dragged through the village, then disappeared. Browser desperately turns to the crazy old man they call "Stone Ghost." They say he has powers, but Browser has secrets he dare not allow anyone to reveal--even if it means that everything and everyone he loves will fall in the path of a ruthless murderer.
 Is the barrier between one time and another merely a construct of perception originating in the human mind? Whatever it is that separates the past and the present has grown perilously thin as a killer stalks helpless victims in two different centuries.

The Visitant

Forge/Tom Doherty Associates

The Summoning God is more than a superb murder mystery, it is a psych- ological thriller with blockbuster action, romance and suspense, and best of all a dynamic plot that will have you holding your breath waiting for the nest step down the dark labyrinth of their serial murderers mind. When world-renowned Canadian Physical Anthropologist, Dr. Maureen Cole, is called to the United States to analyze burials found in an ancient subterranean ceremonial chamber, she is stunned to discover the burned bodies of thirty-three children and two adults. The children were burned in the flesh, meaning they were alive when the fire started, but was the fire an accident or deliberately set? The scattered, mutilated remains of the adults give Maureen her first clue. In order to solve the mystery she must work with American archaeologist William Dusty Stewart. Theyve worked on two archaeological projects in the past and get along like a mongoose and a cobra. Now they must work together to discover the dark and terrible secret of an ancient people. The Gears seamlessly weave together modern archaeology and ancient history. Like all of their books, The Summoning God is based on real archaeological sitessites that tell a terrifying story of North America eight hundred years ago. Breathtaking descriptions evoke the harsh beauty of the desert, while the lucid, erudite historical perspectives are informed by the authors own extensive archeological experience.

The Summoning God: Book II of the Anasazi Mysteries

Forge Books

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