First Americans

The First Americans series is a popular book series of historical fiction, fantasy, and alternate history books written by a renowned American author named Joan Lesley Hamilton, under the pen name of William Sarabande. It is comprised of 11 books in total, which were released between the years 1987 and 2000. Author Sarabande has described the life and struggles of a clan of Native Americans in this series. The debut novel of this series is entitled ‘Beyond the Sea’. It was released by the Bantam publishers in the year 1987 in the Mass Market Paperbacks publication. The central characters of this book as described by author William Sarabande include Torka, Lonit, and the old father of Torka named Umak. Even though Umak’s age is just 45 years old, he is considered old because according to the prehistoric standards people of such age were not considered as young. At the start of the book’s story, it is shown that Torka’s father, Lonit, and Torka are left as the only survivors in a small tribe after a huge enraged mammoth unleashed its wrath on them. Now, as the three of them are the only ones surviving, they need to be together as a team and find out a different place for living.