Lightning Shell
Lightning Shell

Author: W. Michael Gear

Publisher: Forge Books

Published: 2022-07-12

Total Pages: 491

ISBN-13: 1250767210

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Lightning Shell marks the dramatic conclusion to the People of Cahokia sub-series by bestselling authors W. Michael and Kathleen O'Neal Gear. Spotted Wrist’s squadrons are about to launch an assault on Evening Star Town. Meanwhile, the new Keeper’s loyal squadrons have taken control of central Cahokia. Blue Heron’s enemies have declared her dead, a supposed victim of the fire that consumed her palace. She’s alive and in the end it will be her wits, Seven Skull Shield’s licentious cunning, and a desperate gamble that determine who lives and who dies in Cahokia. Meanwhile, in the distant east, a desperate three-way race is underway. Walking Smoke—the Lightning Shell witch—hastens to make his way back to Cahokia, understanding that the cure for his impotence lies atop Morning Star’s Mound. Night Shadow Star means to stop him before he can get to Morning Star. Following in her wake, Fire Cat is merciless. He will stop at nothing to ensure that it is he, not Night Shadow Star, who pays the ultimate price. The final showdown will shake Cahokia to its roots, and nothing will be the same again. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Ambassador
Ambassador

Author: Alpha T. Atlas

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2016-05-27

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1524504114

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An outcast from an advanced alien race was marooned on Earth to await his final judgment at the hands of his one-time classmate and high general of the Crystalline Order, Princess Tyra. With only three years to train a powerful group of human-Crystalline women to protect themselves, Adaquious must juggle the complexities of human life and love while maintaining control of his own deteriorating situation. This fantasy adventure is an introduction to the world of the Crystalline and their internal power struggles. Does Adaquious have what it takes to lead four human-Crystalline women against Princess Tyra and her Crystalline envoy? Will the women follow Adaquious or chart their own path? Will Princess Tyra follow through with the queens order? Will the people of Earth accept or reject their strange visitors? All these questions and more will be answered in the first installment of the Crystalline Saga: AmbassadorLegacy of the Crystal King.

Trade before Civilization
Trade before Civilization

Author: Johan Ling

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-09-15

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 1316514684

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Trade before Civilization explores the role that long-distance exchange played in the establishment and/or maintenance of social complexity, and its role in the transformation of societies from egalitarian to non-egalitarian. Bringing together research by an international and methodologically diverse team of scholars, it analyses the relationship between long-distance trade and the rise of inequality. The volume illustrates how elites used exotic prestige goods to enhance and maintain their elevated social positions in society. Global in scope, it offers case studies of early societies and sites in Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America, and Mesoamerica. Deploying a range of inter-disciplinary and cutting-edge theoretical approaches from a cross-cultural framework, the volume offers new insights and enhances our understanding of socio-political evolution. It will appeal to archaeologists, cultural anthropologists, conflict theorists, and ethnohistorians, as well as economists seeking to understand the nexus between imported luxury items and cultural evolution.