"Fascinating alternate history"
On an Earth that never was but might have been, General
George Custer was never defeated at the battle of Little
BigHorn. Instead he won a glorious victory, became a
national hero, and went on to become President of the
United States. George Custer Jr. followed his father into
the army but he was not the warrior his father was nor was
he interested in the political games necessary to gain
power. When his hot air balloon went down on lands belonging
to the Indian Nation of the Cheyenne Alliance (see THE YEAR
THE CLOUD FELL), George Jr. saw how intelligent and kind
these so-called savages really were. He shifted his
allegience to the Cheyenne and fought against his own
father, winning a great victory. Now One Who Flies (George
Jr.) must somehow find a way to stop his father from
building a railroad that will bring the white man onto
Indian land. Kurt P.A. Giambastiani has written an extremely
entertaining alternative history work that readers will
thoroughly enjoy. The action shifts from Washington DC to
the lands of the Cheyenne Alliance so that the audience
understands the points of view as well as the causes and
reactions taken by both cultures. THE SPIRIT OF THUNDER is
a work that sub-genre fans will consider a classic in a few
years. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted February 1, 2002
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