An old enemy has returned to Cahokia with vengeance in his heart. Will
the empire's living god choose to save his city?
A thousand years ago, the mighty Cahokian civilization dominated the
North American continent. At the heart of the empire stood a vast city,
teeming with tens of thousands of residents, traders, and travelers. The
city of Cahokia sent settlers and priests throughout the continent, from
Wisconsin to the Gulf of Mexico, carrying word of the power of their
gods. People who wouldn't bow to that power were conquered or
slaughtered. Power rested in one being, Morning Star, a god resurrected
in the body of a living man.
A new threat has come to the city, emissaries from a civilization that
rivals and perhaps even surpasses that of Cahokia. It soon becomes
apparent to the gods-possessed Lady Night Shadow Star, human sister of
Morning Star, that her people could be conquered by this technologically
advanced culture. With the fate of their cosmos as a wager, the people
of Cahokia are faced with a battle between the gods.
Morning Star is unwilling--or unable--to fight to defend his people. Who
then, will save them?
With Sun Born, the second title in the Morning Star Trilogy, W.
Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear take readers back to this amazing
place with a tale of murder, magic, and the battle for a people's very
soul.