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This is a series that takes place both in modern times and during the time of the Anasazi. In modern times, the book follows the archiologists and anthropologist as they discover ancient murder victums. In the time of the Anasazi, a warchief and others try to deal with the murderer. It is fascinating, giving a lot of information about the Anasazi and their culture and religion. It also has interesting bits of anthropology and archiology. The characters are also great and realistic. Have any of you read these books? They are on BARD.
I have not read these, but thank you for the suggestion!
I read one of them years ago--don't remember the name. But it was very haunting.
Do you know the author's name? I'd like to read another one of them.
Bob
Kathleen GearO'neal and Michael W. Gear.
Thanks.
Yes, I'm sorry for not putting the authors names in my post. They have written other books, but this series is by far my favorite.
I grabbed the first two from BARD but haven't started yet. Looks like "The Visitant" is the first? I have it and "The Summoning God". They're huge books; LOL.
I read something about these people, but as weird as it sounds it was on some test I was taking, like a ACT of MAP or something for school. They were writing about the ways of their building houses and stuff, was pretty interesting but I only remember the name. Weren't they in Colorado or Arizona or something? Or I could be totally wrong.
The books in question take place in New Mexico. The Anasazi might have been all over what we now call Four Corners. Chaco Canion may be one of the better-known sites.
That sounds some what familiar
Here's what I found on bard.
The visitant DB 56130
Gear, Kathleen O'Neal; Gear, W. Michael. Reading time: 16 hours, 50 minutes.
Read by Bob Askey.
Mystery and Detective Stories
Among the ancient Anasazi ruins of Chaco, New Mexico, archaeologist Dusty Stewart discovers disturbing remains of brutally beaten women. Mysteries from past and present converge as a war chief in the ancient civilization struggles to solve serial murders of his people. Prequel to The Summoning God (DB 56152). Some violence. 1999.
The summoning God DB 56152
Gear, Kathleen O'Neal; Gear, W. Michael. Reading time: 18 hours, 7 minutes.
Read by Bob Askey.
Mystery and Detective Stories
Northwestern New Mexico. In about the twelfth century, Browser, War Chief of the Katsinas' people, discovers a village with everyone slaughtered. Eight centuries later, those remains puzzle archaeologist Dusty Stewart. Browser uncovers the truth in his day, and Dusty's team pieces together the fate of an ancient people. Sequel to The Visitant (DB 56130). Violence. 2000.
Bone walker: an Anasazi mystery DB 60198
Gear, Kathleen O'Neal; Gear, W. Michael. Reading time: 22 hours, 51 minutes.
Read by Jim Zeiger.
Mystery and Detective Stories
American southwest, twelfth and twenty-first centuries. A prophet's murder foretells doom for War Chief Browser's beleaguered Anasazi people. Nine hundred years later when another killing occurs among Anasazi ruins, archaeologist Dusty Stewart investigates. Sequel to The Summoning God (DB 56152). Violence and some descriptions of sex. 2001.
I may just read the first one; the series sounds a bit repetitive.
I did not find them repetitive, nore predictable. I hope you like the Visitant Dave_H. They are huge books, but then I like bigger books.
Faithful Wolf, I'm enjoying The Visitant so far, and hope I will the others in the series. The annotations, strung one after the other, make the series sound a bit repetitive but this may happen whtn you take the blurbs for any book series and read them one after the other; LOL. Hail is an interesting character; I hope she survives the first book; she's not looking well. I'm glad Dusty and that Canadian anthropologist smoothing over some of the rough spots in their relationship.
It will just continue to get more complicated and spooky. I like Morine and I like Dusty too. A lot of the humor in those books comes during the present day.
These books sound pretty interesting. I'll have to check if they're on audible.
Moring and Dusty have a great thing going; the humor is in the present; do Browser and Catkin ever consumate the relationship they're suppose to have? LOL. I'll just have to stay tuned.
Speaking of anthropology and archeology, Check out the article, linked below, on the Four-Corners baby boom in which the ancient events of these books take place.
Ancient baby boom holds a lesson in over-population