World of Silence - A Spanish Bit Super Edition

New York: Bantam Books, 1992. First Printing . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 328 pages. March 1992 Edition bright covers tight book with no marks or stamps. Set in the New World of the early 16th century, Coldsmith's acclaimed novels recreate a time, a place and a people that have been nearly lost to history. In The Spanish Bit Saga we see history in the making through the eyes of those proud Native Americans who lived it. From birh he'd been called Speaks-Not. Deaf and mute, he lives in a world of silence apart from his people, who later rename him Hunts-Alone for his unusual but successful approach to securing sustenance from the wild game that roams the land. Stronger than his handicap, he finds love,establishes his own lodge, and begins a family of his own, all of which is shattered forever the day the Forest People attack his encampment. Now Hunts-Alone is left with nothing but his young granddaughter and the desperate need to survie in an enemy country. In the years to come, years of painful trial and breathteaking wonder, the old man and the young girl will follow a path of desitny, boldly carrying the seeds of their ancient heritage into an uncertain future.