Melissa Slager
Contests of Strength
Book blurb...
A historically rigorous and emotionally riveting period piece - Kirkus Reviews
At the turn of the 17th century, on the wild outer coast of the Pacific Northwest, noble warrior Dushuuw and slave woman Amuun'axsum veer from one deadly secret to the next. But their ultimate test of survival may come on a winter's night when the earth violently trembles, sending a wall of water hurtling toward their seaside village. Will their dreams survive - if they survive at all? The answers are rooted even deeper in the past.
This lush historical novel '14 years in the making' is written by award-winning journalist Melissa Slager, of Everett, Washington, who ties together the latest scientific research with the oldest Native stories about the Cascadia subduction zone earthquake and tsunami of January 26, 1700.
