A novel of North America�� Forgotten Past Twelve summers after the events of The People of the Longhouse and The Dawn Country, the Iroquois nations remain locked in bitter
warfare. Atotarho, the cannibal-sorcerer who leads the People of the Hills, schemes to set into motion a cataclysmic battle that threatens to destroy the Iroquoian world. His warriors
spread fear and death wherever they go, taking captives and burning villages to the ground. Only five people are brave enough to challenge Atotarho.�Odion, Wrass, Tutelo, Baji, and Zateri,
kidnapped as children and sold into slavery, are�now grown, and they have forged a desperate�alliance that just might be strong enough to stop the madman. Odion, now�a disgraced warrior
known as Dekanawida or Sky Messenger, must convince his people that his visions of a great darkness will mean total destruction for all. His friend Wrass, who has become War Chief
Hiyawento, and a powerful clan matron, Jigonsaseh, are his only hope. They must find a way to bring five warring nations together. Bestselling authors and archaeologists Kathleen O��eal
Gear and W. Michael Gear continue their retelling of the story of the Peacemaker, one of North America�� most beautiful epics. Dekanawida�� message of compassion and spiritual unity is as
powerful today as it was six hundred years ago��erhaps even more so.
