Coming of the Storm

W. Michael Gear · Kathleen O'Neal Gear

Jan 2010 · Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

Discover the first in the epic trilogy by New York Times bestselling authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear (Sun Born, Morning River), which vividly recounts the devastating clash of cultures that occurs when Native Americans and Europeans make first contact.

The pale, bearded newcomers who call themselves “Kristianos” fascinate Black Shell, an exiled Chickasaw trader, and not even the counsel of Pearl Hand, the beautiful, extraordinary woman who has consented to be his mate, can dissuade him from interacting with them. Only after a firsthand lesson in Kristiano brutality does Black Shell fully comprehend the dangers these invaders pose to his people’s way of life.

While his first instinct is to run far from the then, Black Shell has been called to a greater destiny by the Spirit Being known as Horned Serpent. With Pearl Hand by his side, Black Shell must find a way to unite the disparate tribes and settlements of his native land and overcome the merciless armies of the man called Hernando de Soto.

Using archeological data, ethnographic records, and historical journals, the authors bring to vivid life the beliefs, technologies, and daily experiences of lost American civilizations.

Ratings and reviews

Excellent reading! Once again, the Gear's have produced a "can't -put-it-down" page turner!

Still reading the series... Win I am done I will give my review..... Yay!! I love prehistoric sagas... Love the warrior woman in these novels... Their character of integrity as a Native woman never ceases to astonish me...2022Mk

Really got into it. It was terribly tragic but so realistic I think about the story and truly root for the native Americans.

About the author

W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear are the New York Times bestselling authors of Coming of the Storm,Fire the Sky, and A Searing Wind in the Contact: Battle for America series, as well as more than fifty international bestsellers. In addition to writing both fiction and nonfiction together and separately, the Gears operate an anthropological research company, Wind River Archaeological Consultants, and raise buffalo on their ranch in northern Wyoming. Visit their informative website and read their blog at Gear-Gear.com.