Discover the first in the epic trilogy by New York Times bestselling authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear (Sun Born, Morning River), which vividly recounts the devastating clash of cultures that occurs when Native Americans and Europeans make first contact.

The pale, bearded newcomers who call themselves "Kristianos" fascinate Black Shell, an exiled Chickasaw trader, and not even the counsel of Pearl Hand, the beautiful, extraordinary woman who has consented to be his mate, can dissuade him from interacting with them. Only after a firsthand lesson in...

Set against the tragic war sparked by Hernando de Soto's brutal invasion of the American South, "A Searing Wind" brings to an electrifying climax all the intense historical action and authenticity of the Gears' "magnificent" (Douglas Preston) and "powerful" ("Kirkus Reviews") bestselling series. Original.