A novel of North America's Forgotten Past Twelve
summers after the events of ''The People of the
Longhouse ''and ''The Dawn Country,'' the Iroquois
nations remain locked in bitter warfare. Atotarho, the
cannibal-sorcerer who leads the People of the Hills,
schemes to set into motion a cataclysmic battle that
threatens to destroy the Iroquoian world. His warriors
spread fear and death wherever they go, taking captives
and burning villages to the ground. Only five people are
brave enough to challenge Atotarho. Odion, Wrass,
Tutelo, Baji, and Zateri, kidnapped as children and sold
into slavery, are now grown, and they have forged a
desperate alliance that just might be strong enough to
stop the madman. Odion, now a disgraced warrior known as
Dekanawida or Sky Messenger, must convince his people
that his visions of a great darkness will mean total
destruction for all. His friend Wrass, who has become
War Chief Hiyawento, and a powerful clan matron,
Jigonsaseh, are his only hope. They must find a way to
bring five warring nations together. Bestselling authors
and archaeologists Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael
Gear continue their retelling of the story of the
Peacemaker, one of North America's most beautiful epics.
Dekanawida's message of compassion and spiritual unity
is as powerful today as it was six hundred years
ago--perhaps even more so. |
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