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In the eagerly awaited third installment of the Contact: Battle for America saga, New York Times
bestselling authors W. Michael and Kathleen O’Neal Gear richly portray a
clash of cultures and a native peoples’ struggle to protect their
world. Set against the tragic war sparked by Hernando de Soto’s brutal
invasion of the American South, A Searing Wind
heightens the historical action in this series hailed as “magnificent”
(Andrew M. Greeley) and “exciting, skillfully crafted, and fast-paced” (Publishers Weekly).
Black
Shell is an exile, banished by his people for his cowardice in battle.
To his fearsome patron spirit, Horned Serpent, however, he is imbued
with the courage and keenness to stop the Kristiano
onslaught. He and his beautiful wife Pearl Hand have fought them from
the Florida Peninsula through the very heart of native America. A trader
by profession, Black Shell now dedicates his soul to destroying the
invaders, with their impenetrable armor, their swift, enormous cabayos, and their flashing, razor-sharp swords.
Black
Shell and Pearl Hand have seen the shackled, naked, starving slaves,
heard the broken promises—and learned de Soto’s plans. While the battle
of Mabila cost many Kristianos life and limb, the marauder does not retreat. Now he heads for Chicaza and the people from which Black Shell was once exiled.
Wounded
and pursued by memories and visions, Black Shell is obsessed with
setting the perfect trap. To do so, he must use the Chicaza and their
stockpiles of food and supplies. And he must gamble everything on his
people’s pride, traditions, and failings. As winter sets in, new dangers
abound for the pair—that of a family’s shame, a woman’s anger, and a
betrayal that may force Black Shell to forfeit his last chance to save
their world from utter destruction. But, worst of all, he and Pearl
Hand must walk boldly into de Soto’s camp and engage the cunning monster
in a desperate game of wits that will decide the fate of a continent.
Powerful and pulsing with authenticity, A Searing Wind
is an unforgettable tale of humanity and cruelty, passion and
ignorance—and of historical events burned into America’s history and
soul.