People of the Earth (North America's Forgotten Past #3)by W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear The story begins with a description of common practice in modern times of project managers wanting to hurry their projects as the consequence of history.White ash is a dreamer, who is taken by power from her people to allow her to grow up with love and understanding. In an attempt to change the future he strives to change the path of man from harmony to discord. White ash must face her greatest fears, and learn to love in the impossible areas to learn to dream back the people to the spiral and continue the path of Wolf Dreamer, and Fire Dancer.Bad Belly becomes her husband because is uncommon love and understanding is the only way that White ash will be able to balance the world of the One, and the illusion of the world of man.Wind Runner a new leader of the people, leaves all his remaining family to be with the woman he loves, only to learn strength and thought and understanding in the arms of another woman.Brave Man a corrupt man who finds the edge of power and dreams a way of controlling White ash and power to make his own vision of the world.Sage Ghost a grieving man learns that loss can only strengthen you, and love can only fill you.Character List:People of the EarthDreamer: White Ash dreamer, as a young girl stolen from herpeople so that she will have the opportunity to dream. She is called the“Mother of the people”.BadBelly/ Still Water: cousin and friend of white ash,learns to lover her although he does not think well of himself, has a bad armlost to a snake bite.WindRunner: in the sun people clan her cousin because ofthe man who adopted Whiteash, love interestBraveMan: a childhood friend changed by power because of ahead wound, is corrupted and false dreamer.Singingstones: the old dreamer of the earth people, changedhis view of power after touching the wolf bundle.Wolfdreamer/ fire dancerPower object : (wolf bundle)
An unforgettable gallery of characters makes this ancient saga of North American Indians come alive. The year is 5000 B.C. Somewhere in the West, ancient Indian tribes are battline for supremacy, lead by competing "Soul Fliers" or shamans, each with a radically different vision for the ages yet to come in North America. BRAVE MAN -- the power-mad psychopath, whose twisted Vision leads him to kill and rape while dreaming uncanny prophecies of the untold might of the Aztec Empire!WHITE ASH -- the mother of the people, a vulnerable young woman who was kidnaped as a child, raped repeatedly by enemy warriors, yet nevertheless has the compassion and love for all living things needed to Dream a new way for all the people. BAD BELLY -- the lovable, crippled misfit who leaves his home village with his dog Trouble, seeking only a way to belong. Instead he discovers danger, terror, and enduring love beyond his wildest dreams. WIND RUNNER -- the warrior with a heart of gold, he leaves his clan to make a place among strange tribes, only to face a heart-breaking choice between love and honor. All of the books in the "People" series are unique and different. This one is special because it is the most mystical of the books. All the stories mention Power, the creative force that shapes all living things and is the source of both good and evil. But in this book Power is actually the main character, and all of the action is defined in terms of concepts like the Spiral and the One.This was a great book, and I would recommend it to any one who is interested in Native Americans, spiritual quests, underdog heroes, or nature. The brutal rape scenes and the graphic violence make it less appropriate for younger readers, however.
What do You think about People Of The Earth (1994)?
I feel like some of the characters.stories parallel with other characters in the book, so it feels a little repetitive. Also when relationships are being made it just all of a sudden happens without any real insight to the reader on what the characters have going on in their minds(the love triangle for example), but I do understand that it would have made the book longer with explaining better because there are so many characters and things going on in the book. Perhaps if there was a little less terrain description and a little more thoughts expressed there would have been some improvement. I am also just as confused as the main two characters about the One and the Spiral and what the future holds. It's probably the most critical thing that I really just dislike about the book really, because it is so aggravating!. Other than that I am eager to read more in the series because the ratings just get better. And I have already read book 4 People of the River which was epic and awesome! This is my second book in the series reading and I probably won't reread this particular one.
—Lacey
Once again we are taken back through time, to another era of climate change and the movement of whole peoples across the land. The life and death struggle to survive is always the focal point of the "First Americans" series. Once again Power forges a leader to lead the people along the path to new lands and a new life. If there is a degree of predictability in the "First Americans" series then it is easy to forgive. We are drawn into the struggle of a people who are tied to the land but are also constantly struggling to survive. War is not uncommon and the tribes have their great warriors and their disastrous defeats. We are drawn into the tale as we watch "ordinary" people live in peace among their own but then, through the forces unleashed, prove to be more than "ordinary". It takes a strong leader to bind them together and to lead them with vision. As tribes move south, away from starving lands to more fertile grounds, like a set of dominoes being knocked over, change becomes the way forward.I enjoyed this tale but am a little wary, as always, of the spirit world that is also conjured up. Our true heroes become like Shaolin monks, meditating and losing themselves in the One... and at times what is such an earthy tale, with its love for the land and those that live upon it, loses itself in fantasy.
—Mieczyslaw Kasprzyk
