K’Atsina is a dynamic recreation of a little-known epoch in American history, seen through the lives of the women, priests, and Indians whose struggles tamed a vast and wild land.
Augustin, born in the Àcoma pueblo of the Spanish province of New Mexico, is sent to Mexico City to study for the Jesuit priesthood. In the capital, in a time when the Inquisition has reached New Spain, Augustin’s loyalties are torn between his adopted religion and that of his people. But he has an even more agonizing secret: he falls in love with Antonia Salvatierra, the daughter of an influential family.
“A tremendously gifted writer….These are people–and a story–you won’t forget.” —Jeanne Williams, author of The Unplowed Sky
“This is an ambitious first novel, and not without superior achievement…It will doubtless please lovers of well-wrought romance.” —Publishers Weekly on Acoma
“A promising first novel.” —Library Journal on Acoma
