De Soto's Last Stand

By Dustin Tyler James

De Soto's Last Stand

Book 1 of The Black Warrior Saga

What if the greatest conquistador in history met his match?

In 1540, Hernando de Soto lands in La Florida with an army of steel-clad conquistadors, hungry for gold and glory. Fresh from crushing the Inca Empire, he expects an easy conquest of the "savage" lands-until he encounters Tuscaloosa, the Black Warrior.

Ruler of the mighty mound-building civilization of Moundville, Tuscaloosa is no primitive chief. A military genius with a network of allied nations, he sees the Spanish threat for what it is: an invasion that must be stopped at all costs.

As de Soto marches deeper into the Southeast, he finds not scattered tribes but a united resistance-ambushes in the cane brakes, traps at river crossings, and finally, a climactic battle at the fortified city of Moundville, where Indigenous warriors wield stolen Spanish cannons against their former owners.

But victory demands sacrifice. Tuscaloosa must gamble his people's future on a single battle, while de Soto faces an unthinkable truth: he is no longer the hunter, but the hunted.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FF32FVCS
• ISBN13: 9798288678394
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"