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Original Title:	People of the Owl
ISBN:	0812589831 (ISBN13: 9780812589832)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	North America's Forgotten Past #11

People of the Owl (North America's Forgotten Past #11) Paperback | Pages: 609 pages

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New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear are famous for writing novels about prehistoric America that are fast-paced, steeped in cultural detail, and smart. In People of the Owl they combine their distinctive trademark of high action with a rich psychological drama.

Four thousand years ago, in what centuries later will be the southern part of the United States, a boy is thrust into manhood long before he's ready. Young Salamander would much rather catch crickets and watch blue herons fish than dabble in the politics of his clan. But when his heroic brother is killed, Salamander becomes the leader of America's first city. He inherits his brother's two wives, who despise him, and is forced to marry his mortal enemy's daughter to forge an alliance for the trade goods his people desperately need.

Cast adrift in a stark wilderness of political intrigue where assassins are everywhere, young Salamander has no choice but to become a man-and quickly.

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Title	:	People of the Owl (North America's Forgotten Past #11)
Author	:	Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 609 pages
Published	:	June 14th 2004 by Forge (first published June 1st 2003)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction

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Mud Puppy, later Salamander, is a thinking individual who becomes the meeting point between contesting forces, and not just human ones at that. To ensure that all will be kept in balance he has to carefully manoeuvre his way through the naked ambition of others and the scorn, and lack of understanding, of many of his people. Fortunately he has the support of some very useful friends and companions as they become aware of the true soul that occupies this great man.Normally I dislike the way the

Read most of the series by the Gears, quite entertaining. This one, I must share was my favorite of the series because I felt the numinous quality of the universal within the story. And it moved me deeply. There are few moments in the telling of a good story where tiny little slivers of truth shine & shake me. Not sure if the Gears are practising shamanic practioners- in this one the web Salamander danced upon had a palpable pulse that I found quite enjoyable.

The beginning of the book took a little while to get into as the reader is introduced to all the characters and customs of the prehistoric North American tribes but there was quite a bit of action, dynamic relationships and mysterious "guide" Spirits to keep the story moving. Favorite quote: Salamander's lips twitched. "Can any of us truly know that his not a fool, Brother-in-law? I doubt myself all the time.

I remember this thing droning and being impossibly boring. I was so excited and wanted to read the series, but this took me off the whole thing.

A friend recommended this book and I must say I enjoyed every page. I will be looking for more books by these authors

Setting: near the mouth of the Mississippi. A large town on the shores of a lake and it's surrounding areas.Crisis: The 6 clans of the Sun people that make up the town are competing for the leadership of their town. Currently the Owl clan is on top, but their leader is dying and his heir hasn't returned from a trading trip up north. Everyone considers his younger brother, Mud Puppy/Salamander an idiot, but is he?A nearby tribe, the Panthers have posession of a large sandstone quarry that is

People of the Owl W. Michael Gear and Kathleen ONeal Gear Review: Being stuck between a rock and a hard place is easy compared to Mud Puppy's predicament. Being caught between the twin brothers is a lot worse. Masked Owl his spirit guide is telling him one thing. Many Colored Crow his twin brother is telling him another. He is caught within the power struggle of light and dark, and either path may not be the best choice, at least not for the people. But that is only the beginning of Mud Puppy's