A stunning saga of ancient Cahokia, the North American equivalent of Rome, from award-winning archaeologists and bestselling authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear.
In People of the Morning Star, the ancient city of Cahokia at its peak sprawled over six square miles near modern-day St. Louis, with structures towering ten stories high. Its warriors and traders roamed from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. A religious miracle has motivated hundreds of thousands to pick up and move hundreds of miles to build this incredible city amidst a polyglot of strangers: the divine hero Morning Star is believed to have been resurrected in the flesh.
But in this seemingly glorious Cahokia, an astonishing attempt is made on the living god's life. Morning Star's aunt, Matron Blue Heron, must uncover the plot and bring the culprits to justice while keeping it quiet - or else Cahokia will be torn asunder as civil war consumes them all.
People of the Morning Star is a stunning work of historical fiction, launching an epic saga of the ancient North American civilization of Cahokia. Bestselling authors and award-winning archaeologists W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear bring the complexities of this lost culture to life in a tale full of intrigue, adventure, and political machinations.
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People of the Morning Star
North America's Forgotten Past Series, Book 21
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April 15, 2014
The Gears, husband-and-wife authors-archaeologists, launch another multibook story arc with roots in one of their previously published books. Set 50 years after People of the River (1992), this tale continues the chronicle of the magnificent Cahokia Empire. After multiple tribes come together and build an astonishingly large and flourishing megaplex in the center of the American heartland, trouble festers from within in the form of an assassination attempt on their spiritual figurehead. The Messiah must be protected in order to preserve their cosmopolitan society. As always, cultural traditions and religious rituals play an enormous role in propelling the narrative forward. Basing this new chapter in their ongoing Native American saga on current research and evidence, the Gears are able to communicate often-arcane historical and archaeological information within a compelling fictional format.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2014, American Library Association.)
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