Sun Born, W. Michael Gear
Sun Born, W. Michael Gear
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Sun Born
A Novel of North America’s Forgotten Past

Author: W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear

Narrator: Charlie Thurston

Unabridged: 16 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/19/2021


Synopsis

An old enemy has returned to Cahokia with vengeance in his heart. Will the empire's living god choose to save his city?

A thousand years ago, the mighty Cahokian civilization dominated the North American continent. At the heart of the empire stood a vast city, teeming with tens of thousands of residents, traders, and travelers. The city of Cahokia sent settlers and priests throughout the continent, from Wisconsin to the Gulf of Mexico, carrying word of the power of their gods. People who wouldn't bow to that power were conquered or slaughtered. Power rested in one being, Morning Star, a god resurrected in the body of a living man.

A new threat has come to the city, emissaries from a civilization that rivals and perhaps even surpasses that of Cahokia. It soon becomes apparent to the gods–possessed Lady Night Shadow Star, human sister of Morning Star, that her people could be conquered by this technologically advanced culture. With the fate of their cosmos as a wager, the people of Cahokia are faced with a battle between the gods.

Morning Star is unwilling—or unable—to fight to defend his people. Who then, will save them?

About W. Michael Gear

W. Michael Gear is the author or coauthor with his beloved wife, Kathleen O'Neal Gear, of fifty-seven published novels. He is a New York Times, USA Today, and internationally bestselling author whose work has been translated into twenty-nine languages and has over 17 million copies in print world wide. Both an anthropologist and archaeologist, he brings extraordinary depth and complexity to his characters and settings. Gear lives on a back country buffalo ranch in Wyoming where he raises outstanding bison, indulges in his passion for large-caliber rifles, and pets his two shelties: Jake and Shannon. Michael can be found at gear-gear.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Theresa on September 19, 2016

Sun Born : People of the Morning star (2) (North America's Forgotten Past, #23) by W. Michael Gear Sun Born, the second book in the eye opening new series featuring one of the most remarkable archaeological sites in North America will entice readers to learn more about its history and mythology. Ca......more

Goodreads review by Bobbie on November 10, 2016

The newest in the Gears' ancient America series looks at the Cahokian civilization that stretched along the Mississippi River from present-day Wisconsin to the Gulf of Mexico, its capital in present-day Illinois just across from St. Louis. In it, a banished enemy has returned to Cahokia, bringing wi......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on November 02, 2018

I was eager to read Sun Born Book Two in the Morning Star as soon as I read the last word in Book One. W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear continue the story of Cahokia and the world of the Morning Star in this exciting sequel. A new threat arrives in Cahokia, and once again the familiar cast......more

Goodreads review by Theresa on October 04, 2017

Sun Born : People of the Morning star (2) (North America's Forgotten Past, #23) by W. Michael Gear Sun Born, the second book in the eye opening new series featuring one of the most remarkable archaeological sites in North America will entice readers to learn more about its history and mythology. Cah......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on August 25, 2016

Full review to come after it appears in Historical Novels Review.......more