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Clan fighting over a powerful totemic mask has brought the Mount Builder peoples of the Great Lakes region to the edge of destruction. It is up to Star Shell, daughter of a Hopewell Chief, to rid her people of this curse. Along with her companions: Otter, a trader; Pearl, a runaway; and Green Spider, either prophet or madman, she braves the stormy waters of the lakes to reach the majestic waterfall known as Roaring Water. She is determined to banish the mask forever to a watery grave. But vengeful clan members are close on her heels, and they have a similar fate planed for her.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #537262 in Books
• Published on: 2005-09-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 816 pages

Customer Reviews

Epic adventure and spiritual wisdom
Each book in the "First North Americans" Series by Kathleen and W. Michael Gear is an account of the time before Europeans arrived in North America so full of life, adventure and spiritual wisdom that it stays with you long after reading the last page. "People of the Lakes" stands out in this brilliant series through the intricacy of its story, woven from many different threads that slowly and with mounting suspense come together in a beautiful conclusion. The detail and beauty of the characters and their individual stories are deeply touching. "People of the Lakes" is a great adventure story. Even more, it is an epic that pictures human suffering, courage and healing in a way that is sometimes almost unbearable in its brutality, sometimes funny, but always full of warmth and vision. It sends its characters on a harrowing journey to find an evil mask, but the real find in the end are their true selves. This story may be set in the distant past and a world very alien to ours, but it speaks to us about human nature and purpose irrespective of time.