The Visitant (The Anasazi Mysteries, Book 1)

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	• The Visitant: Book I of the Anasazi Mysteries Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear Tor Books, 2008 - 512 pages average customer review:based on 50 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

HOLD OFF READING THIS UNTIL YOU READ BELOW

THIS THE FIRST OF A WONDERFUL TRILOGY FULL OF WELL-RESEARCHED HISTORY, ANCIENT AND MODERN SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN MYSTICISM (A POINT LIKELY MISSED BY THOSE WHO WROTE THE CRITICISMS IN THEIR REVIEWS), MULTI-SUBPLOT MYSTERY, ROMANCE, AND A THOUGHT-PROVOKING WARNING FOR OUR "MODERN" SOCIETY, BOTH IN OUR MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND OUR TREATMENT OF OUR CHILDREN.

MY WIFE AND I BOTH READ THE TRILOGY FIRST (AND ENJOYED IT THOROUGHLY!!!), ONLY TO FIND THAT "PEOPLE OF THE SILENCE" AND "PEOPLE OF THE MOON" DEAL WITH THE ANASAZI PEOPLE AND HAPPENINGS BEFORE THE TRILOGY. WE ARE NOW READING BOTH "PREQUELS".

WE ENJOYED THE TRILOGY SO MUCH THAT WE BOUGHT COPIES FOR SEVERAL FRIENDS, WITH THE ADVICE TO READ THE "PEOPLE" BOOKS FIRST. IT GIVES GREAT HISTORICAL CONTINUITY, AND MAKES IT A WONDERFUL 5-VOLUME ADVENTURE.

WE ARE SO PLEASED TO HAVE ENLIGHTENED SCIENTISTS LIKE THE GEARS TO GIVE LIFE TO HSTORY.

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The Visitant (The Anasazi Mysteries, Book 1)

This book was written to completely interhal you in its content. Making you a part of the story line brinking from one time line to another. I was totally on the edge of my seat all the time. Couldn't wait for the next book to arrive.

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A Wonderful New Experience

If you care for ancient rituals, combined with modern day beliefs, you will throughly enjoy this book. This is the beginning of a series of 3 different titles. The time period is ancient Indian lore/legend, some of the burial beliefs, and it then connects you with modern day technology. I was surprised to find such detail and information. The three titles carry you through the stories of a couple from their early teens to adulthood, and their children. As well as another story relating to the ancient day families. Certainly worth the read. Thank you for a new series (although old) to delve into.

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Anasazi people

Kathleen O'neal Gear and Michael Gear are among my favorite authors. They are well educated without ignorance and write exceptional fiction based on actual archeological discoveries. They are respectful to the indigenous race as well.
I was really surprised when I read how many people disliked their work. I think in today's society people have a hard time accepting people of the past were nothing like us. Their entire world was different. Yes, indigenous tribes believed in the spirits and had dreamers or shamans among them. Yes, many were violent and the brutally in this book recreates that atmosphere.
The Anasazi Mystery books are excellent fictional books based on historical evidence. If you are into the Anasazi era and opened minded, these are wonderful choices. If you are squeamish or one of the millions who are ignorant of indigenous beliefs and customs, by pass, it is something you will never understand; Like many others you will only leave derogatory comments about this fine work. It is really sad that this generation cannot relate to the magnificent people of the past.

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An original tale...

I just finished reading The Visitant. It takes place in Chaco Canyon, a place that's just a few hours from where I live.

I read the other reviews and I can identify with some of the complaints. Yes, the book needed some editing. I didn't need to read about hair being whipped or tucked over and over again. Nor did I need to know everything everybody was wearing at every minute. The relationship between Dusty and Maureen was contrived - didn't buy it. And what's with the weird capitalizations? Being from the area, I do know a few people from the Pueblos, I've never met anybody with a name like Maggie Walking Hawk Taylor or Hail Walking Hawk. Most of the local Native Americans I know are named Lujan, Vigil, Abeita, Russell, Begay, Yazzie. Okay, I have run across a Yellowhair but that's it. Don't get me started on what the characters in the modern part ate and drank in a desert environment. They should have been suffering from heat exhaustion with IVs in their arms. And 107 degrees in Albuquerque? Puullleeese! It rarely gets any hotter than 102 or 103. So there are my complaints. Now about what's good about the book:

It was still fascinating reading no matter how many things there were wrong. I cleared the first 100 pages in a couple of hours. Doesn't happen often. The authors are clearly knowledgable in their field and they kept a fast pace. I thought most of the characters, in both story lines, were pretty well developed. The elderly characters were the most interesting ones in this story and the best in any book I've read. In spite of my complaints with the modern story line I think it was helpful in holding my attention. I usually don't read historicals. The modern characters helped me to visualize the past better. It was also fascinating watching the modern characters uncover the bodies of characters that I thought I'd been reading about in the other story line. It was just a fun, fast, read with a lot of learning about anasazi mysticism and a long dead civilization. It was sad to see the decline of these people. Overall I enjoyed it and am now reading The Summoning God. I think I'm going to have some complaints about the authors grasp of the breakfast burrito when I'm done with that one.

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