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People of the Sea (Mass Market Paperback)

by W. Michael Gear (Author), Kathleen O'Neal Gear (Author)

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Mass Market Paperback: 576 pages
Publisher: Tor Books (Aug 16 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0812507452
ISBN-13: 978-0812507454
Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.2 x 3.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 273 g

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As they have in past works ( People of the River ; People of the Earth ), the Gears illuminate American prehistory by focusing on a personal story. Here, the setting is coastal California 12,000 years ago. Melting glaciers are causing the waters to rise, the huge animals that once populated the area are disappearing and the human inhabitants have to learn to adapt to the changes. Sunchaser the Dreamer, powerful spiritual leader of the People of the Sea, is tormented by his inability to explain or correct recent adverse events, including disease and the disappearance of food sources, when a strange woman wanders into his shelter. Kestrel is pregnant by her lover and, pursued by her vicious husband, has fled from her native inland marshes toward the sea, hoping to find a home among her lover's people, the Otter Clan. Kestrel and Sunchaser fall in love, and together they make their way to the Otter Clan village, whose residents are on the verge of falling under the dangerous influence of an unscrupulous Dreamer, Catchstraw, whose desperate search for power threatens everyone. The Gears, integrating a tremendous amount of natural and anthropological research into a satisfactory narrative, have again produced a vivid and fascinating portrait of early human life in America.
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With the fifth novel in their "First North Americans" series, the Gear husband-and-wife archaeologist team presents a fascinating saga of prehistoric Native Americans in contemporary Arizona and California. Pregnant with twins by her lover, Iceplant, Kestrel flees westward from her abusive husband, Lambkill, who carves Iceplant to death with a hunting knife. Kestrel's only hope for survival is to travel to the seacoast and seek refuge with Iceplant's people. Sunchaser, a visionary and legendary healer, is troubled by the escalating extinction of the revered mammoths and has gone into seclusion to dream for answers when he runs into an exhausted Kestrel. Meanwhile, a vengeful Lambkill tracks Kestrel as Sunchaser leads her to Iceplant's tribe. The story concludes in a fever-pitched climax when Kestrel's and Lambkill's paths cross. Kudos to the Gears for gracefully combining historical facts with a compelling adventure saga.
- Mary Ellen Els bernd, Northern Kentucky Univ. Lib., Highland Heights
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good exercise bike read., Mar 1 2004

By	The Old Philosopher "The Old Philosopher" (WA USA) - See all my reviews

I liked this one. It's a charming saga of prehistoric peoples somewhere in California. Our heroine gets afoul of her husband for adultery, and decides to run off instead of facing the death penalty allotted to her. Her angry husband and his brothers follow her for weeks with murderous intent. During her escape we read of her many exploits trying to throw them off her trail, the birth of her baby alone in a cave, and how she manages to cross a raging river with the newborn. Always heading west, finally she's taken in by a coastal tribe. Meanwhile the coastal tribe has their own problems. The mammoth migration has declined in recent years and they are forced to look elsewhere for a home. The angry husband eventually shows up and a deadly confrontation results. I found the story readable. The battered wife, angry husband confrontation is a bit overdone. Do we really believe that he would spend a year and risk death to find and kill a adulterous woman who ran off and kept going? I didn't believe it. The disaster that befalls the coastal tribe is a little overboard too, but I guess it's almost believable. With those exceptions it's a good entertaining read for the hot tub on an afternoon.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Never push the One, you won't win., Dec 21 2002

By	Heather H. "Heather H." (New Jersey, United States) - See all my reviews

Seeing WolfDreamer again was like hearing from a long lost friend, like a message from the past. I found the scene with him and Sunchaser in the future at the ruins of Chaco Canyon to be some of the most powerfull writing they have done so far. The Spirals crying out for WolfDreamer to save them and now knowing what became of Green Ash's(People of the River) son Born of Water was gutwrenching. You can relate to the panic the people must have been feeling watching their world change before their eyes, having mammoths drown themselves and forgetting what some animals looked like must have been unsettling to them. It also dosen't help that their best Dreamer has lost his way to the One and has fallen for a hunted woman. The only annoying side of the story was Lambkill,he was a bit to inhuman too evil and crazed to care about or even feeling the least bit sorry for him.

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4.0 out of 5 stars More inventive storytelling from the Gears., Oct 9 2000

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Pregnant and fleeing from her abusive husband, Kestrel is in grave danger. When Sunchaser, a Dreamer who has lost his way, finds her they unexpectedly fall in love. At a time when mammoths are being driven to extinction, Sunchaser must hold his people's faith steady and save his lover from her husband and enemy. How can he possibly complete these difficult tasks when Power has abandoned him? Set in the Sierra Nevada's of the Ice Age, their world was in a dramatic state of environmental flux which affected the lives of all living things.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Gears are terrific storytellers.
Their storytelling is so superb that I was able to join the characters on their various outer and inner journeys.

Published on Oct 6 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars Not one of my favourite People books
I have been reading my way through the People series, and this is the 5 in the series and the 5 that I've read. Of all of them so far this one was my least favourite. Read more

Published on Sep 20 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great story in the series!
Help! I'm hooked! People of the Sea was another one I hated to put down. I love how each book in the series teaches me something new. Read more

Published on May 15 1999 by hemmy@barkingspider.net

4.0 out of 5 stars Historical fiction at its best!
I have read all of the "People of the..." books. I love them all. I am at a loss now that I am awaiting the release of "People of the Masks. Read more

Published on Feb 12 1999