Set against a backdrop of dark forces influencing both earth and sky, this novel delves into the intense struggle between life and death among the First Americans. Continuing an acclaimed saga, the story promises to explore the rich cultural heritage and challenges faced by indigenous peoples, weaving together elements of survival, conflict, and the deep connection to nature. William Sarabande's long-awaited addition captivates with its vivid portrayal of a pivotal moment in history.
Stunningly visual, extraordinarily detailed, powerfully dramatic, here is the first volume of a remarkable new series . . . The First Americans . When humans first walked the world, when nature ruled the earth and sky, a proud tribe is threatened by a series of natural disasters. A bold young hunter named Torka, who lost his wife and child to a killer mammoth, leads the survivors over the glacial tundra on a desperate eastward odyssey to the save their clan. Through attacks of savage animals and encounters with strangers not unlike themselves, they must brave the hardships of a foreign landscape and learn to live in an exotic new world of mystery and danger. They must travel toward the land where the sun rises for a new day for their clan—and an awesome future for the American.
The First Americans Saga continues...As the retreating ice age scars the land, old rivalries between the survivors threaten the first Americans.As the Age of Ice ends, the People must follow a new path for survival. Led by their powerful headman Tôrnârssuk, they begin a treacherous journey to the Great River of the White Whales, where they hope to hunt, trade, and reunite with friendly tribes. But a young shaman has foreseen a sign of doom. Tôrnârssuk is filled with grave doubts. A fierce wildfire, a blood-red moon, and rumors of a great white mammoth could foretell the death of the People.Tôrnârssuk also faces treachery from both within and without his clan. There are those who believe he has lost his ability as headman. Even as he leads his people through danger, an enemy is waiting for him with a plan that could break not only Tôrnârssuk but the uneasy truce that exists between the northern Inuits and the forest dwellers. Soon clan could turn against clan, and brother against brother, in the bitterest struggle for survival.Bestselling author William Sarabande has once again captured the fierce and savage splendor of a prehistoric continent--and at the same time painted a vivid and unforgettable portrait of our first American ancestors in a bold and magnificent novel filled with adventure, treachery, discovery, and courage.
The spirit of the first men and women to walk this continent springs to life in this sweeping, magnificent new novel in the bestselling series by William Sarabande. This tale dramatizes one man's quest of vengeance. Rejecting his prophesied destiny as a peacemaker, he embraces a harsher purpose--meting out justice to those who killed his grandfather.
From William Sarabande, whose brilliant re-creation of the prehistoric world of the First American has thrilled readers everywhere, comes a major new novel that awakens us to the true spirit of our ancestors. Following their destiny into an unknown land took more than courage--it demanded a belief in a future they would never see, a certainty that braving a path no human had ever taken was their only choice. Now, in a time of mystery and magic, when all they had protected the People from their enemies for the eons of prehistory seemed to be vanishing along with the animals they once hunted, the young shaman Cha-kwena must break a terrifying taboo, estranging him from his woman and his tribe. Driven by a vision, he vows to follow the forbidden trail of the mammoth to where the fate of his kind will be known: extinction or the possibility of a land where all their dreams may become real.
Het Stenen Tijdperk is voorbij. Op de rand van het Bronzen Tijdperk is een trotse krijgerstam een nieuw leven in een vreemd land begonnen. Onder leiding van de grote Fomor MacLir, die ooit luisterde naar de bijnaam 'de Wolf der Weststammen', heeft de stam het gebruik van wapens afgezworen en voor een vreedzaam leven gekozen in het moerasland van Albion. Balor, Fomors opstandige zoon, wil opnieuw de wapens opnemen tegen de gezworen vijand van de MacLir-stam, Nemed MacAgnomain. Maar hij ontvlucht zijn stam en ontdekt een hem onbekende wereld, waar hij de mysteriën van de liefde, de kracht van het brons en de mystieke kracht van Stonehenge leert kennen. Als Balor na zijn omzwervingen terugkeert naar Fomr om hem te waarschuwen dat de wrede Nemed en zijn krijgsvolk Albion naderen om de MacLir-stam van de aardbodem te vagen, kan Fomor niet anders dan de strijd opnieuw aangaan. Maar het is Balor die uiteindelijk zijn volk naar een nieuwe toekomst zal leiden...
Cha-kwena is voorbestemd om sjamaan te worden, hoewel hij meer een jongen is dan een man. Hij wordt het slachtoffer van verraad, waardoor de stam van zijn meest waardevolle bezit wordt beroofd. Ta-maya, de lieflijke dochter van de hoofdman, raakt in de ban van een mysterieuze krijger... maar is hij een man of een monster? Masau, de onverschrokken krijger van het volk van de Wakende Ster, gelooft dat vernietiging en bedrog zijn stam kan redden, totdat hij door de liefde van een vrouw gedwongen wordt een andere toekomst te kiezen, of zijn noodlot onder ogen te zien.
