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People of the Moon

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Where to begin? This book is the final puzzel peice that ties the People of the Silence and The Anazasi Mystery Series together. We discover how the White Moccasins were created, and how the First People fall.
This book was a wake up call for me. I knew the Anazasi were not the most peaceful people, but I enjoyed the romantic myth that they were. Kathleen and Michael O'Neal Gear told the truth, and as usual, it was wonderful. It was probably the most graphic of their books, and not for a weak stomach.
This book made me laugh, and it made me cry... the best way to judge a good book for me. It was deffinatly more descriptive than the rest of their books, I almost felt like I was reading a Jean M. Auel book in the begining, but it made the Anazasi world real for me, and it does lessen. It comes to such a climax that you cannot put the book down. I would recomend this book to those who have at least read People of the Silence, it is the continueing story, and also to those who have read The Anazasi Mystery Series. It is almost like the Star Wars movies... we see the end before the begining, and this book is the final peice. But in total, any one who is a fan of the genre will enjoy this book.
I also recomend that anyone who reads this, read the Forward at the begining. The authors have told you the names of the real sites they used in the book, and the discoveries made there. They have some interesting thoughts that are worth reading as well.

this is a wondeful book. probly the gear's darkest so far. i recomend this book to any gear fans specaily if you have read Slience and Anasazi Triogy series becuse MOON connects all these storys together. great read!!!!!

I first discovered this series back when I was in high school, and have kept up with it ever since. I have read all of the books in this series, and this is one of my favorites. The Gears write in such rich detail it is just like being there sharing each experience the characters have. I love getting lost in their books. If you have read other books in this series, you must read this one too. If you have never read any of these books, what are you waiting for?!

Ironically, the criticisms I have of the writing are based on the fact that I love the Gears' series so much that I'm now familiar with their style and recurring tropes. Don't get me wrong, this is a great page-turner and I always admire how they combine anthropologicial evidence and research with fiction. Particularly for someone who is fairly new to the Gears' NA series, this is one of the better ones in a while. I do like how they take characters from People of the Sun (Nightshade, Night Sun, Ironwood) and show us their ultimate fates. I guess I'm just a little too familiar now with the stock characters of 1) Reluctant Dreamer who ends up basically predicting everything; 2)diabolical determined War Chief who will stop at nothing; 3) hot chick and nice guy who get it on after being forced to travel together. I guess that's the way of fiction: Take "adversaries" of the opposite sex, make them HAVE to hang out with each other, and they WILL fall in love ! (LOL: Of course every young woman is long-legged, big breasted and narrow-hipped.) But beyond these overly familiar themes, (oh yes, and the inevitable "Maureen's shapely [...]" theme in the introduction) the descriptions of war, the motivation for cannibalism, the historical details are all fascinating and the Gears' writing is never less than vivid and humorous.

This is the third of these books that I have read and none in sequence. I was alerted to the author's by a friend and the three books I purchased were randomly selected.

I am uniformly impressed with the character development, descriptive talent and social penetration the authors exhibit. As in my previous review (People of the Nightland)this book continues the general, somewhat Classical Greek, mode of tragedy, people in the hands of angry gods - with apologies to Jonathan Edwards. The tension between human choices and divine intentions is everywhere the subject of their story. That said, even with the similarities, and with the inevitable difficulty of keeping track of the characters and the sub-plot developments, these books are well worth the reading.

The Gears are extraordinarily adept at avoiding stereotyping. The bad guys have their own logic and it is one with which we feel a certain sympathy. The good guys can be just as cruel, fierce and unmerciful as their opponents, and we feel kin to them also. These books essentially remind us that human beings are not far removed from each other no matter what side we are on. That's not an inconsequential idea and it proves that these books are a bit more than just a Summer time beach read.

I enjoyed every moment of the reading of this book. I found it interesting and hard to put down until I had completed it .
I have read all of the First American Series by the Gears and will continue to do so as soon as the new ones come out in paper back .
The whole series is well worth the price for anyone interested in thier interpretation of how the first native peoples in the Amerca's loved ,lived and died .

Have been buying the First North Americans series for my adult daughter. She has encouraged me to read them also. We are both pleased with Michael & Kathleen Gear's series. Nicely written. It holds one interest and invites you to read and re-read each book.

Any of the many books written by these authors are great reading if you like stories about indigenous peoples of ancient times. These books, a whole series of them are based on true archeological finds in which a story of the life of the people in question has been created to fit the cultural knowledge derived from the artifact finds.

As always the Gears spin a great tale. Just wish they would write one about the Wenatchee area in WA state arround 2000 years ago or the Lake Chelan area. There is such a history in our country that not many are willing to write about. It is such a shame that America's history goes to the highest bidder.

A good book to read-- I have read all the book by Micheal and Kathern Gear[[ASIN:1463704771 The People of the Mist], All the books by the Gear's are a great reading