People Of The Lightning: Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear

Book VII of North America’s Forgotten Past. Set in ancient Florida, a village of fisher folk must face their deepest fear: Pondwader, a boy of fifteen summers. He is the White Lightning Boy, the first one to be born in tens of tens of summers. His white hair, pink eyes and pale skin make him fearsome enough, but legend says that White Lightning Boy will make Sister Moon hide her face in the clouds and weep falling stars - and the winds of destruction will be unleashed. The fisher folk trade him in marriage to Musselwhite, a woman warrior who really does not want him. She must face an old enemy who has captured her beloved husband - an enemy who is determined to destroy her. What good is this soft boy to her? But she will discover that Pondwader really is a Lightning Boy, who can hear voices in the wind that tell of coming horror. Cover art by Luis Royo.