Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Author
Series
First North Americans volume 9
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
In 14th century North America, a shaman investigates a political murder. Through his eyes is seen the everyday life of the Algonquin Indians who inhabited the area around Chesapeake Bay. Ninth volume in a series on the early Americans.
With this novel, the Gears take readers to the Chesapeake Bay of 600 years ago, when the unprovoked and brutal murder of a young woman on the eve of her wedding threatens to turn the entire Algonquin Nation against...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"In this third book of the People of the Longhouse quartet, dangerous sorcerer Atotarho sets into motion a cataclysmic battle that threatens to destroy the Iroquoian world. Only three people are brave enough to challenge him: a disgraced warrior known as Sky Messenger; his friend War Chief Hiyawento; and a powerful clan matron named Jigonsaseh. To stop the madman, they must find a way to bring five warring nations together"--Provided by publisher....
Author
Series
People of the Longhouse series volume 4
Publisher
TOR
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A conclusion to the series featuring Dekanawida the Peacemaker finds the growing League of the Great Law of Peace threatened by marauding warriors from the People of the Mountain, who Dekanawida urges to join the League to save their shared world.
Author
Series
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"It’s been 925 summers since the Jemen introduced zyme, a bioluminescent algae, into the world’s ocean and unwittingly triggered an Ice Age that has consumed most of the planet. All but a handful of Jemen flew to the stars, but before they left, they recreated several extinct species that had thrived in the last Ice Age. After almost a thousand summers, the archaic hominins that struggle along the edges of massive glaciers are dwindling....
Author
Series
Publisher
DAW Books, Incorporated
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In the brutal Ice Age caused by the ancient Jemen war, many archaic human species...hover on the verge of extinction. There seems no way out, until the greatest Neandertal holy man, Trogon, has a vision. Legends say the truce that ended the old war left one hostage in the hands of the victorious rebels: the godlike Jemen leader known as the Old Woman of the Mountain...Trogon must capture young Quiller and force her to lead him there…for the Old...
Author
Series
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Young Wrass, still being held captive, along with several other children, in Gannajero's camp, organizes the children for an assault on Gannajero's warriors. Meanwhile Koracoo and Gonda are coming for the children and they have allies: a battle-weary Mohawk war chief and a Healer from the People of the Dawnland.
7) Maze master
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The protâegâe of a discredited geneticist teams up with a religious studies scholar in a race to find her mentor and help him find a cure for a catastrophic retrovirus.
Author
Series
First North Americans volume 16
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
By 1300 AD, the Sky Hand people had crushed and enslaved the Albaamaha people and built their high-walled capital, Split Sky City, to dominate towns up and down the Black Warrior River. But a violent wind is brewing that may topple the city's mighty walls.
Author
Series
First North Americans volume 15
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
People called Old White the "Seeker," a man never long with any people or place. For years he had wandered, leaving a trail of war, wonder, and broken love in his wake. Now he is headed home, called back by visions of chaos, blood, and fire. But there is more to the Seeker than most know. He is a man driven by a secret so terrible it may topple the greatest city in North America. When the far-off Katsinas told Old White it was time to go home, he...
Author
Series
First North Americans volume 13
Publisher
Tom Doherty and Associates
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
A tale inspired by the Native American builders of the famous Chimney Rock finds reluctant young Ripple dispatched by the goddess of winter on a perilous quest to destroy the hated Chacoan conquerors of the First Moon People.
Author
Series
First North Americans volume 3
Publisher
TOR
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 30
Language
English
Description
Third in the saga of the first North Americans. In this sweeping epic of the dawn of agriculture, a courageous young woman is torn between ways of life, men to love, and driven above all to pursue her special dream. "A smooth blend of superb archaeology and wonderful story".--Andrew M. Greeley. The Gears have over 30 years' combined experience in archaeology.
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A thousand years ago, the mighty Cahokian civilization dominated the North American continent from its capital near modern St. Louis. From Wisconsin to the Gulf of Mexico, settlers and priests carried word of the power of their gods. People who wouldn't bow to that power were conquered or slaughtered. At the heart of the empire stood a vast city, teeming with tens of thousands. Power rested in one being, Morning Star, a god resurrected in the body...
17) Fire the sky
Author
Series
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
After being fought to a standstill by the courageous Apalachee Nation, Spanish invader Hernando de Soto has changed his tactics. He will employ promises of peace to accomplish what cannot be achieved by violence alone. Lured by a young man's tale of gold and aided by an arrogant princess's treachery, he makes his way through the beautiful southeastern landscape. One by one, the ancient Nations fall victim to his lies as rulers and commoners alike...
19) A searing wind
Author
Series
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Black Shell, an exile banished by his people for cowardice, prepares to lead a small band of warriors to kill the Kristianos, while explorer Hernando de Soto tricks the ancient Nations into slavery through his lies and ambition for gold.
Author
Series
Morning Star novels volume 4
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Cahokia recovers from a year of chaos following a near civil war and the god incarnate, Morning Star, has declared that his human sister Night Shadow Star and her slave Fire Cat must make a dangerous journey to far off Cofitachequi. For an old threat has arisen on the other side of the great eastern mountains - their brother, Walking Smoke, a madman who is convinced that he is the true deity destined to rule Cahokia.