Audio Book Spotlight – Kado: Lost Treasure of the Kadohadacho by E. Russell Braziel @kadoadventure #YA #HistoricalFiction #TexasAuthor
Synopsis
The stories of the lost Kado treasure were not legend. They told the truth.
Eighteen-year-old Tom Murrell could never understand his father’s dreams of carving a new life out of the wilderness. He wanted to do something else with his life besides spend it behind a plow, but with the family moving to the Red River in Arkansaw Territory, he was stuck.
Everything changes for Tom when he witnesses the death of Tiatesun, spiritual leader of the Kadohadacho tribe, and is drawn into a raging conflict between the Kado and their arch enemies, a renegade band of Osage.
His new friends Mattie and James say there is no alternative. They must use a cryptic map, drawn in a bible by Tiatesun in his own blood before he died, to find this place called Na-Da-cah-ah. Only then can Tom be sure that his family and friends will be safe.
But it is a race against time—a race against Wey Chutta’s Osage. Dangers are everywhere. The only chance to save his family is for Tom, Mattie, and James to join with six Kado warriors, make sense from the many clues they uncover on their quest, and discover the real Na-Da-cah-ah.
Praise
“A robust take that’s steeped in history and features well-rounded characters throughout.” —Kirkus Reviews
Listen to the Prologue here
About the Author
E. Russell “Rusty” Braziel has been a rock musician, entrepreneur, and widely read blogger, and is the author of the nonfiction bestseller The Domino Effect.
Born in Caddo country in Northeast Texas, Rusty is the four-times-great-grandson of John Murrell, patriarch of the Murrell family that inspired Kado. For over 15 years, he has been a student of the Caddo tribal culture in pre-Columbian and early frontier periods, including the tribe’s history, language, and beliefs.
Rusty and his wife Teresa share their time between a homestead in Northeast Texas and grandkids in Houston.
