People of the Longhouse - The NEWEST Novel by New York Times bestselling novelists W. Michael & Kathleen O'Neal Gear is now available from Macmillan, Forge Books.

Special Bonus: Get a sneak peak at the first four chapters of THE DAWN COUNTRY, the second book in the PEOPLE OF THE LONGHOUSE saga!

This is Book 1 of the NEW Iroquois series. Set in war-torn fifteenth century New York and New England, PEOPLE OF THE LONGHOUSE chronicles the lives of two of the greatest heroes in American prehistory. The story begins when they are children: Young Odion and his little sister, Tutelo, live in fear that one day Yellowtail Village will be attacked. When that day comes and they are marched away as slaves, Odion's only hope is that his parents are coming to rescue them. They are. But War Chief Koracoo and Deputy Gonda think they are tracking an ordinary war party herding captives back to enemy villages. Instead, they are following close on the heels of a legendary evil, an old witch-woman named Gannajero, who captures children for her own purposes.

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From New York Times bestselling novelists W. Michael and Kathleen O'Neal Gear comes a landmark new series portraying the devastating clash of cultures that followed the European invasion of the early America. Dramatic, authentic, and deeply moving, this first book in the Contact series tells the story of the blood-drenched years that followed Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto's landing in "La Florida" in 1539- as seen entirely through the eyes of two courageous Native American.

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