01974cam a2200325 4500 1163891306 TxAuBib 20110609120000.0 101004s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010041736 9781439153895 hbk. 1439153892 hbk. DLC DLC TxAuBib Gear, W. Michael. Fire the sky / W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear. New York : Gallery Books, 2011. 431 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. Contact, the battle for America ; ; 2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-431). After being fought to a standstill by the courageous Apalachee Nation, Spanish invader Hernando de Soto has changed his tactics. He will employ promises of peace to accomplish what cannot be achieved by violence alone. Lured by a young man's tale of gold and aided by an arrogant princess's treachery, he makes his way through the beautiful southeastern landscape. One by one, the ancient Nations fall victim to his lies as rulers and commoners alike are tricked into enslavement. In spite of the price de Soto has placed on his head, itinerant trader and outcast Black Shell shadows the Kristiano advance and finds that his own legend precedes him. Some will heed Black Shell's strategies of sacrifice and deception. Others will ignore him--and suffer unspeakable horrors as a result. 20110609. Soto, Hernando de ca. 1500-1542 Relations with Indians Fiction. Mound-builders Mississippi Fiction. Indians of North America Fiction. Southern States Discovery and exploration Spanish Fiction. Historical fiction. Gear, Kathleen O'Neal. Contact, the battle for America ; ; 2. TXKIP