Fire the Sky
Book Two of Contact: The Battle for America
Reeks: Contact: The Battle for America
W. Michael Gear ; Kathleen O'Neal Gear
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- novelists
- W.
- Michael
- and
- Kathleen
- O’Neal
- Gear
- have
- long
- been
- considered
- the
- foremost
- chroniclers
- of
- early
- Native
- American
- life.
- Now,
- in
- a
- critically
- acclaimed,
- sweeping
- new
- series,
- they
- recreate
- the
- conflict-filled
- years
- following
- one
- of
- the
- first
- European
- invasions.
- Seen
- through
- the
- eyes
- of
- a
- courageous
- pair
- of
- Native
- Americans,
- Fire
- the
- Sky
- follows
- Hernando
- de
- Soto’s
- brutal
- expedition
- north
- from
- the
- Florida
- peninsula
- as
- the
- explorer
- plunders
- the
- heart
- of
- a
- complex
- and
- fragile
- civilization.An
- itinerant
- trader
- and
- outcast
- from
- his
- tribe,
- Black
- Shell
- was
- swept
- into
- the
- Spirit
- World
- and
- returned
- a
- transformed
- man.
- Now,
- carrying
- his
- white-feathered
- trader’s
- staff,
- he
- devotes
- his
- life
- to
- a
- sacred
- mission
- that
- only
- the
- tall,
- beautiful
- Pearl
- Hand—his
- lover,
- confidant
- and
- wife—truly
- understands.
- Black
- Shell
- has
- seen
- what
- the
- incomprehensibly
- violent,
- shining-armored
- invaders
- are
- capable
- of
- doing
- to
- his
- world
- and
- knows
- that
- if
- his
- people
- are
- to
- survive,
- he
- and
- his
- “Orphans,”
- a
- small
- band
- of
- fierce
- warriors,
- must
- kill
- as
- many
- Kristianos
- as
- they
- can.After
- being
- fought
- to
- a
- standstill
- by
- the
- courageous
- Apalachee
- Nation,
- 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
- are
- tricked
- into
- enslavement.
- In
- spite
- of
- the
- price
- de
- Soto
- has
- placed
- on
- his
- head,
- Black
- Shell
- shadows
- the
- Kristiano
- advance
- and
- finds
- that
- his
- own
- legend
- precedes
- him.
- Some
- will
- heed
- Black
- Shell’s
- strategies
- of
- sacrifice
- and
- deception.
- Others
- will
- ignore
- him—and
- suffer
- unspeakable
- horrors
- as
- a
- result.In
- this
- moving,
- vivid
- portrait
- of
- a
- lost
- American
- civilization
- and
- a
- powerful
- love
- between
- a
- man
- and
- a
- woman,
- the
- Gears
- illuminate
- a
- little-understood
- time
- in
- our
- history,
- as
- this
- bloody
- conflict
- between
- two
- peoples
- hurtles
- toward
- an
- apocalyptic
- battle
- that
- may
- change
- the
- course
- of
- the
- war
- forever.
- .
- . .
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