People of the Nightland: A Historical Fantasy Series

By Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear

Book Overview

New York Times bestselling authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear weave a gripping tale of prophecy, survival, and war at the edge of an ancient apocalypse.

Thirteen thousand years ago, as the Ice Age wanes and glaciers retreat, a battle for survival begins. The Nightland and Sunpath clans, divided by faith and prophecy, are locked in a brutal war. The Nightland people, thriving along the Champlain Sea, follow their prophet Ti-Bish, who claims Raven Hunter's spirit will lead them through a tunnel in the ice to a promised land-if they destroy the Sunpath people first.

Under war chief Kakala and the fierce Keresa, the Nightland wage relentless terror, yet doubt lingers. Meanwhile, Windwolf, the brilliant Sunpath war chief, struggles to unite his fractured people. Betrayed and outnumbered, he seeks one last alliance with Chief Lookingbill of the Lame Bull people.

Survivor Skimmer, driven by vengeance, escapes slavery and embarks on a mission to assassinate Ti-Bish. But deep in the ice caves, she discovers an ancient power-one that may turn her into Raven Hunter's deadliest weapon. As war erupts and long-buried forces awaken, the fate of an entire people will be decided in a battle of faith, fire, and blood.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1639775811
• ISBN13: 9781639775811
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Wolfpack Publishing LLC
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

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

A great read

This book was easy to follow, well written and I never was bored. I could not stop reading til I finished the book and was upset there wasn't more.

Another Success

People of the Nightland (First North Americans) I've read the entire series, and this one is as excellent as the rest. I love that I learn new things about the makeup of North America in each title. In this one, I had no idea that there was an inland sea stretching down and through what is now Lake Ontario. The majority of the book takes place around the area where I live (Erie, PA) so it held special interest.

People of the Nightland

Very exciting and entertaining book. I Enjoy their books very much. Any books to do with American Indians I enjoy. This book is fast reading, easy to understand, you just cannot put it down once you start reading it.

superb Paleolithic America thriller

The ice age ended when the glaciers began receding 20,000 years ago. All was normal for the next seven millennia, as the earth warmed and a Great Lake formed from the receding ice near where Wolf Dreamer brought his people to live. A thousand years have passed since Wolf Dreamer led his followers to the Promised Land, but his clan has split into different sects. The People of the Nightland live on the edge of the ebbing glacier worshipping the god Raven Hunter; the Sunpath People live in pelt lodging to the south while worshiping Wolf Dreamer as their God. With the great animals dying out and the waters threatening to flood both people, hostilities break out between the clans. Raven Hunter dispatches a leader to take his followers through a hole in the ice; Wolf Dreamer transmits dream messages to a child, the orphan Silvertip to take his People east away from the flooding and encroaching Ice Giants while the Nightland fighters want to complete their ethic cleansing before entering their new paradise. The latest First North American "People" saga is a superb Paleolithic America thriller that provides the audience a glimpse of two competing conflicting lifestyles during the Younger Dryas Interval. Using archeological facts and theories, the authors are in first gear throughout this exhilarating prehistoric saga with seemingly paranormal elements that some might deduce as beliefs driving the two rival clans. Educational yet excitingly entertaining, PEOPLE OF THE NORTHLAND like its Ice Age predecessors (see PEOPLE OF THE WOLF) is a superior chronicle. Harriet Klausner