Coming of the Storm

Name: Coming of the Storm
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: W. Michael Gear
ISBN: 9781501992858

Author: W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear

Series: Contact: The Battle for America #1

Narrator: Kevin Orton

Unabridged: 13 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/30/2011

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Western, Cultural Fiction

Synopsis

Of best-selling husband-and-wife writing team W.Michael and Kathleen O'Neal Gear, Booklist proclaims that "nobody does Native Americana better than the Gears." Coming of the Storm launches a series featuring Black Shell, a Chicaza-clan trader, and his struggles with Hernando de Soto, an invader intent on spreading Catholicism at the point of his sword.

About W. Michael Gear

W. Michael Gear is the author or coauthor with his beloved wife, Kathleen O'Neal Gear, of fifty-seven published novels. He is a New York Times, USA Today, and internationally bestselling author whose work has been translated into twenty-nine languages and has over 17 million copies in print world wide. Both an anthropologist and archaeologist, he brings extraordinary depth and complexity to his characters and settings. Gear lives on a back country buffalo ranch in Wyoming where he raises outstanding bison, indulges in his passion for large-caliber rifles, and pets his two shelties: Jake and Shannon. Michael can be found at gear-gear.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Evie on April 03, 2012

*** originally published to: Bookish Book Blog |YA and Adult Book Reviews, Author Interviews, Guest Posts, Giveaways and more~! *^___^*/ I'm not an expert when it comes to historical fiction. I do enjoy it a lot, but I can't say that I've read a great deal of it over the past few years. I do not hav......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl on February 21, 2010

Black Shell comes from the Chickasaw tribe. He is a trader. While out walking Black Shell comes upon a beautiful woman by the name of Pearl Hand. Pearl Hand is promised to another but Black Shell convinces Pearl Hand to leave him and become his mate. Black Shell has never known anything but peace. W......more

Goodreads review by William on February 22, 2010

Coming of the Storm by W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear Black Shell and Pearl Hand, Native Americans, discover that the “Kristanos” are not quite what they seem. This story addresses the clash between the disparate cultures of Europe and America. The violence and storm is seen through the eye......more

Goodreads review by Teresa on April 18, 2017

Great story. Gripping. Shocking. Horrifying. So sad.......more

Goodreads review by Palmer on August 14, 2013

Finally a great novel written about the Native American culture!!!! The Grear's are my new favorite couple authors. The way they made a connection between the reader and the characters amazed me. I applaud them for bringing to light a subject that is even left in the dark in today's history books. T......more