"In Shaman we live again an all but-forgottenchapter of American history, replete withadventure, violence, and eroticism—the compelling and often horrific account of a collisionbetween two cultures so different that one of them has to be wiped off the face of the earth."
Gary Jennings
Author of Aztec
Also by Robert Shea
THE ILLUMINATUS! TRILOGY
(with Robert Anton Wilson)
SHIKE
ALL THINGS ARE LIGHTS
THE SARACEN: LAND OF THE INFIDEL
THE SARACEN: THE HOLY WAR
Copyright © 1991 by Robert Shea
Map Copyright © 1991 by Random House, Inc.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American CopyrightConventions. Published in the United States byBallantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc.,New York, and simultaneously in Canada by RandomHouse of Canada Limited, Toronto.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 90-93215
ISBN: 0-345-36048-6
Text design by Debby Jay
Map by Patrick O'Brien
Cover design by William Geller
Cover painting by Joe Burleson
Manufactured in the United States of America
First Edition: March 1991
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Transcriber's Note:Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Variantspellings remain as printed, whilst inconsistent hyphenation hasbeen standardised.
Thanks to Michael Shea for giving Project Gutenberg permission todistribute Shaman.
Although not present in the original publication, the following list ofcontents has been provided for convenience: