Monday, December 17, 2012

Cherokee Talisman by David-Michael Harding (Giveaway!)


Cherokee Talisman brings to life characters from our history and through a flare for fiction and historical research, Harding tells their story. Cherokees that might be painted by racist misconceptions as blood thirsty savages are humanized by Harding, making them heroes of a very real time. History is written by the victorious, but when almost forgotten historical characters are brought to life they are preserved for the ages, and in this preservation David-Michael Harding has succeeded.” - Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker     

  
 They were blood-thirsty savages – superstitious, dirty animals.   
 They were thieves and killers who burned houses to the ground and kidnapped women and children. 

 They were protectors of a Nation – guerrilla fighters serving their country.   
 They were husbands and fathers who built homes in lush valleys for their families.        

 They were – the same men.        

 In 1775 perspective came with the color of your skin. 


An orphan boy, Totsuhwa, is taken under the wing of legendary Cherokee war chief Tsi’yugunsini, the Dragon. But even under a dragon’s wing isn’t safe when a covetous nation forms around them. 

Amid the battles, Totsuhwa fights the reoccurring pain of loss until he meets Galegi, who becomes his wife. Trying to raise their son in a peace the new world won’t allow, they teach him the strictest Cherokee traditions while white assimilation, encroachment, and treachery grows. General Andrew Jackson wages war against tribes across the southeast and the toll is high. With his people gradually losing everything, Totsuhwa must find a way to save his family — and the Cherokee Nation — before all is lost. 

Cherokee Talisman recreates the neglected history that existed when one nation was born and another almost died.  




David-Michael Harding is a life-long writer whose last novel, How Angels Die, received critical acclaim.  A former semi-professional football player, his writing is hard hitting and passionate.  He holds a master’s degree in education and is an adjunct professor of writing. His respect and admiration of Native American culture inspired this novel. Most of his days are spent writing from the cockpit of his sailboat, Pegasus, somewhere off the Nature Coast of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico.

Contact:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/David-Michael-Harding/e/B006OAAIZ2/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1


GIVEAWAY!
David has been kind enough to offer up one copy of 
How Angels Die and one copy of Cherokee Talisman
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