Prehistoric writings are not pure fiction

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	• People of the Nightland (First North Americans) W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear Tor Books, 2008 - 528 pages average customer review:based on 15 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Prehistoric writings are not pure fiction

The hard work and research that Michael & Kathleen go through to write these books not only bring history to life, but also the pleasure of reading back

Nightland

People of the Nightland was hard to get thought it took me about half of the book before I started liking it. What I liked about the book was it delt with Global Warming somthing that we are delling with now. If You are a fan of the People series this is a pritty good book.

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A Great Read

It's getting harder to pick up a book that isn't part of some series, it seems. Luckily, I had no problems picking this one up without having seen any of the others yet. I definitely will read more though!

The story is a novel but woven with actual historical findings about the cultures and geological events of the era. Though set in 11,500 BC, the humanity of the characters is timeless and universal. Epic conflicts between good and evil, hope and reality, past and future all play out in this well told tale.

As mentioned in other reviews, it does take a little work to straighten out all the similar sounding names of people and tribes, but I view that as actually a good mental exercise anyway. There is also a nice map provided to visualize the geography.

The only things that keep this from a five star review for me are:
- there is some very graphic violence, including towards women and children. It supports the vile nature of the villians, but believe me, I would've already thought poorly enough of them without this stuff. Particularly one towards the end of the book.

- there is a intro chapter set in modern times about two archeologists finding the ancient site - and then never goes back to them. I don't know if they're common to the series or what, but there was already a foreward discussing the climate change, and then this bit of modern fiction, then the novel. I at least expected an epilogue or something that got back to those two, but it's a mystery to me.

Obviously the first objection is going to turn off more readers than the second. If you can read the novel without letting that bug you, it's a great read.

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People of the Nightland

I have read all the "People of" books. I enjoy history based books. This one was not a disappointment. If you are a "People of" fan you need to read this one.

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It has been a thousand years since Wolf Dreamer lead his people up through the dark hole in the ice to a rich, untouched continent bursting with game. But the world has changed. Most of the magnificent animals are gone, and the last of the great glaciers is melting, forming a huge freshwater lake in the middle of the world. Over the centuries the People of the Wolf have split into two clans. The People of the Nightland live in the honeycomb of ice caves that skirt the glacier. The People of the Sunpath live in hide lodges to the south, hunting the few remaining mammoths, bison, giant sloth, and short-faced bear.
When a young orphaned boy named Silvertip receives a vision from Wolf Dreamer that their world is about to end, no one believes him--no one except a jaded war chief and a little girl. Led by Silvertip?s dream, the three of them must convince both people to leave the land of their ancestors and flee eastward as fast as they can before the Ice Giants destroy the world.
This is the sweeping saga of a visionary boy who led his people out of the path of one of the worst catastrophes in the history of the world, and the brave little girl who loved him enough to believe in his dream.

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