Author: Daniel A. Smith

“A vivid epic” (Kirkus Reviews) based on historic documents, this award-winning novel examines a devastating milestone in the history of the people of the Mississippi River Valley. Conquistadors arrived in 1541. A century later empowered by a dream, Manaha fights against the taboos of her tribe to keep alive the stories of their decimated and abandon homeland. A “story that needs to be told” (BookLife Prize in Fiction) and “will both intrigue and entertain” (Writer’s Digest Self-Published eBook Awards).