People of the Silence

Learned some history of the Anasazi.

At its pinnacle in A.D. 1150 the Anasazi Empire of Southwest America would see no equal in North America for almost eight hundred years. Yet even at this cultural zenith, the Anasazi held the seeds of their own destruction deep within themselves. On his deathbed, the Great Sun Chief learns a secret, a shame so vile to him that even at the brink of eternity he cannot let it pass: In a village far to the north is a fifteen summers-old girl who must be found. Though he knows neither her name nor her face, the Great Sun decrees that the girl must at all costs be killed. Fleeing for her life as her village lies in ruins, young Cornsilk is befriended by Poor Singer, a curious youth seeking to touch the soul of the Katchinas. Together, they show more undertake the perilous task of staying alive long enough to discover her true identity. But time is running out for them all - a desperate killer stalks them, one who is willing to destroy the entire Anasazi world to get to her show less

En torno al año 1050 de nuestra era, los anasazi habían creado en el suroeste de Norteamérica un imperio que no tenía parangón. Maestros astrónomos, comerciantes y arquitectos, destacaron por sus avanzadas edificaciones y por poseer una compleja red de carreteras. Sin embargo, en el momento álgido de su civilización, las luchas internas, los ataques externos de otras naciones y una terrible sequía acabaron con este floreciente pueblo.