Fire the Sky
W. Michael & Kathleen O'Neal Gear New York Times bestselling novelists W. Michael and Kathleen ONeal 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 Sotos 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 traders staff, he devotes his life to a sacred mission that only the tall, beautiful Pearl Handhis lover, confidant and wifetruly understands. Black Shell has seen what the incomprehensibly violent, shining-armored invaders are capable of doing to his world and knows...