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People of the Mist

by W. Michael Gear Book 9 in the North America’s Forgotten Past series.

First published 1997

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Six hundred years ago on Chesapeake Bay, Red Knot is murdered on the eve of a marriage intended to unite powerful communities. Suspicion falls on High Fox, the young man whose obsessive love for her was widely known, and the death threatens to turn political rivalry into a regional war.

The feared spiritual leader known as the Panther investigates the killing while those closest to High Fox bargain for his life. Each discovery reveals another layer of family ambition and concealed grievance, making the novel both a murder mystery and a study of how one crime can destabilise an Algonquian political alliance.

Historical Periods

Native American Historyc. 15,000 BCE–present

Genres

Court & Political Fiction Crime & Mystery Exploration & Survival Fiction Historical Sagas

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