Mesa Verde Thunder

National Parks Historical Fiction #2

by Gary McCarthy

THE RAVEN CLAN…450 A.D. Animus Valley, Northwestern New Mexico…in a time of starvation The People set out upon a perilous journey to find a mystical mesa where hope can be reborn but also where death and deep snows lay silent in waiting. ECHATA…a bold and desperate Anasazi leader, sees a vision of RAVEN and must take his starving people north knowing that they can never return to a brother that has sworn to kill him. LI-TIA…a fierce Chacoan medicine woman risks everything to save a banished mother and deformed infant from a terrible stoning…but by so doing, is forever branded as an enemy and a…witch. LISA CANNADAY…married to a dreamer and archaeologist who must race to the fabulous new Mesa Verde discovery and unlock its treasures before it is plundered and its secrets are forever lost. But it is she who is destined to ignite the world with her fabulous stories of the Ancient Ones based on one magnificent petroglyph. STORYTELLER …who only wanted to be a prosperous jeweler and trader of silver, gold and turquoise but who is forced to become the one who writes the story of his Ancient People with his blood and tears in stone. From sacred Chaco Canyon to Cliff Palace to a sprawling National Park...from a prehistoric people to the mystics and builders of Mesa Verde and finally to those that would plunder its ancient artifacts for fabulous wealth…comes an epic tale of love, hope, sacrifice and courage told in MESA VERDE THUNDER. Multiple award-winning author, Gary McCarthy has now written perhaps his most unforgettable saga of a never to be forgotten people…the Anasazi.

296 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 25, 2011

About the author

Gary McCarthy is the author of fourteen American historical novels and thirty-four westerns published by many of New York's major publishing houses. He has over three million books in print and continues to research and write his Canyon Country novels.

Growing up with horses and living in California, Nevada and Arizona, Gary is well suited to writing about the American West. He received his B.S. degree in Animal Science and an M.S. in Agricultural Economics. He has a keen interest in Native American cultures, especially the Hopi, Navajo, Havasupai and Haulapai who live in Northern Arizona.

Gary and his wife Jane live in Arizona and have often ridden horses and hiked in the Kaibab and Coconino National Forests. Gary is always looking for new stories set in the American West and considers the research to be among his most favorite pursuits.

Reviews

[Dan Cornett · Rating 4 out of 5]

As with the other books in the National Parks Historical Fiction series, I like that the fictional stories are well-grounded in the best current known facts and understandings of the history of each locale.

[Mary Davis · Rating 1 out of 5]

Never started book so actually no rating. Not interested