In the ancient days before the Ancestors kept the stories, the People of the Frozen Earth lived in the vast wasteland that is now called Siberia. Seeking a better life, they moved south across the land bridge into a New World, traveling through what are today Alaska and Canada. Just under two thousand years ago, this semi-nomadic People settled in the basin between the foothills at the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains and the flat tableland of the Western Great Plains in the area now known as Wyoming, Montana, and the Dakotas. Strong and proud, they lived, loved, hated, laughed, cried, and died in the fullness of Mother Life’s time.
Book 1: The New Day Dawns
The young warrior Mach and the chief’s daughter Horda are preparing to experience the Mating Rituals. Their joyous plans are interrupted and almost destroyed by a combination of their own actions, tribal mores, evil enemies, and forces of nature. They must use all their skills; strengths; and beliefs in themselves, each other, and the values of the People to not only survive, but triumph. In the end, they learn that what they have become is more important than what they were.
Read the first chapter or order the book as a paperback or e-book at GASLight Publishing, LLC.
Book 2: As Shadows Fall
Mach and Thuro and their mates Horda and Wilda are unexpectedly thrust into leadership roles when they are named leaders of the new band of The People of the Frozen Earth. Mach, Thuro, and Horda rise to the challenge, but Wilda becomes one of their biggest problems. The band leaders have to deal with illness and death among their people, family disputes, an unwanted pregnancy and a miscarriage, droughts, fires, thunderstorms, and other natural disasters. The leaders and the People overcome all the obstacles with wisdom, courage, imagination, strong mores, and the love and support of one another.
Read the first chapter or order the book as a paperback or e-book at GASLight Publishing, LLC.
Dominique Small at 4 Walls and a View recently reviewed both The New Day Dawns and As Shadows Fall.
She wrote:
I whole-heartedly and emphatically recommend this series! Out of a 1-5 rating, I give it a 6!
Five Star Review
Posted at Amazon.com
An Adventure through Prehistoric Times, August 27, 2010
By Jane Squires
When I picked this book up, I did not know I would get an adventure that would hold your attention from beginning to end. I am ready to move to book 2 and continue the story of the people of the frozen earth. I never heard of these people and tried to research if they were real people or not. Regardless the book truly painted a picture in your mind of primitive people in the western states probably before white people entered the picture. The book is rich in primitive culture and the author holds your attention as you move from the rituals of the people into the mating ceremony pulling for Horda and Mach all the way.
The decisions Horda had to make over a mate are really not much different than any culture where the girl has to chose on her own and not what her parents feel is best. A time of growing from young people to mature men and women is so well woven throughout this book.
I knew before Bear Claw captured Horda it would happen but yet I hoped it would not. The survival of the women during this time is remarkable. The abuse Horda took keeps you hoping her beloved shows up soon and saves her.
From one chapter to the next you do not know what to expect. You will be surprised again and again.
When Horda’s Father and Beloved mate go with the team to find the women, they both blame themselves for not listening to Horda’s fears. Just like men.
A womderful wonderful adventure through the primitive times and leaves you ready to continue to book two.
- Grace Anne with The New Day Dawns Poster
The New Day Dawns is now available as an audiobook, read by the author Grace Anne Schaefer.
The regular price of the audiobook will be $15, but you can order now at a special introductory price of $10.
Grace Anne Schaefer will be speaking to a group of Boy Scouts at Indian Mound Ranch on May 8, 2010. She will present a program to a Boy Scout troop that will be camping there May 7-9 to earn an Archeology badge.
Grace Anne will be signing and selling books at the Sacred Springs Powwow on Saturday, May 1, 2010. The event is from 10 AM to 7 PM at Aquarena Center, 921 Aquarena Springs Dr., San Marcos, TX.
For more information, visit Indigenous Cultures Institute.
Grace Anne in Regalia
Grace Anne Schaefer will be featured at the Texas Court Reporters cruise aboard the Carnival Ecstasy from Galveston to Cozumel. The four-day cruise will depart from Galveston on February 11, 2010.
The speaker, Jodi Thomas, will show how Grace Anne uses innovative ideas—wearing regalia and attending powwows—to market her books as an example of how to get books out in cold, cruel world.
People of the Frozen Earth will soon be available as audiobooks,. Author Grace Anne Schaefer read the books for the recordings. Click on each thumbnail for a larger photo.
