Paperback. Pub Date: 08 2011 Pages: 608 Publisher: Pocket Books New York Times bestselling novelists W. Michael and Kathleen O'Neal Gear have long been Considered the Foremost chroniclers of early Native American life. Now in a critically acclaimed. sweeping new series. they recreate the conflict-filled years following one of the first European invasions. Seen through the eyes of a courageous pair of Native Americans. Fire the Sky follows Hernando de Soto's utal expedition north from the Florida peninsula as the explorer plunders the heart of a complex and fragile civilization.An itinerant trader and outcast from his tribe. Black Shell was swept into the Spirit World and returned a transformed man. Now. carrying his white-feathered trader's staff. he devotes his life to a sacred mission that only the tall. beautiful Pearl Hand-his lover. confidant and wife-truly understands....