It is forty thousand years in the past.
The Migration into the Americas has begun.
In this untamed world, a young child made a choice that shaped his destiny: on his naming day, he selects the claw of the Eagle and becomes Taelo,
the symbol of courage, vision, and fierce independence.
As Taelo grows, so do his adventures. The wilderness becomes both his teacher and his testing ground. He rises to lead a loyal team that travels far beyond the boundaries of their people, facing dangers they never imagined.
Along the way, Taelo forges an unlikely friendship with a clan of Others, confronts a brutal band of cannibals, and survives challenges that would break lesser souls.
Each trial sharpens him !
Each journey expands his world.
Each victory deepens the legend.
Across eight sweeping novels, Taelo’s life unfolds in a blend of survival, discovery, and ancient human drama. His story is one of courage, loyalty, and the relentless spirit that carried the first peoples across a continent.
The Taelo series invites readers into a world where myth and history meet — a world as wild, dangerous, and awe‑inspiring as the dawn of humanity itself.
"Taelo"
The Claw of the Eagle
Character Stories
The Ice Age is ending.
Two Clans—different in custom but united by the same fierce will to survive—struggle against brutal cold, scarce food, and the dangers of a new land.
On his naming day, a child holds his naming object, the claw of the eagle, up in the air.
An eagle descends. And from the child’s outstretched hand, the eagle plucks the claw.
From that moment, the child becomes Taelo — the Claw of the Eagle.
As he grows, he forms an unbreakable bond with his cousin Golden Hawk and with Burley Bear of the Others. These young men, born of two different peoples, become loyal friends and courageous partners.
Together, they reshape the future of both Clans.
Together, they enrich the lives of their people.
Together, they begin a legend.
Taelo is inspirational.
You will want to be as daring.
You will want to be as bold.
The Early Years will inspire you.
Taelo never set out to become a hero.
He was a curious boy of the Elk Clan who grew into a young man people naturally followed — steady, thoughtful, and unwilling to leave anyone behind.
When he leads his small team across the Ice Bridge into the land of their ancestors, he carries more than supplies.
He carries responsibility.
Every decision he makes — when to fight, when to wait, when to risk everything — shapes the lives of the people who trust him.
The journey tests them in ways none of them expect.
A giant tundra bear forces Taelo to confront fear head‑on.
Dire wolves push the team to rely on each other more than ever.
And the Sky Eyes — ruthless, pale‑eyed warriors — challenge Taelo’s belief in what kind of leader he must become.
Freeing the White Bear Clan becomes a turning point. Suddenly Taelo isn’t just guiding his own team; he’s guiding families, elders, and children who have known recent hardships. Getting them home means crossing the Ice Bridge again — and when the ice gives way beneath his sled, Taelo’s fight becomes personal and desperate.
Through every trial, Taelo grows into the kind of leader people choose to follow — not because he is the strongest, but because he listens, he prepares, and he refuses to give up on anyone.
This is a story about courage, loyalty, and the quiet strength
that builds a legacy.
Walk beside Taelo as he discovers who he is — and who he is meant to become.
In The Golden Feather, Taelo and his loyal team journey far to the south, deep into the rising Andes.
Along the way, they encounter and easily defeat a band of hostile warriors.
Their path becomes a Journey of the Heart as they climb to the top of the world. From a volcano top, they witness both great seas
They continue up into the Andes and behold a bird larger than Taelo’s own totem — the mighty condor, ruler of the sky.
There, they meet the Condor Clan, forge new friendships, and save a sacrificial virgin, a gift to the Condor and bring her north with them.
Their journey does not end there. Traveling north, Taelo and his team discover the ancient homeland of their ancestors — the original Elk Clan valley. But danger waits in the shadows. They confront a brutal group of cannibals and rescue a band of travelers entering the new land.
A new future is born: the Northern Elk Clan, a renewed beginning for those rescued.
The Golden Feather is a tale of discovery, courage, and the forging of alliances across vast distances. It expands Taelo’s world and deepens the legend that continues to grow with every adventure.
Taelo can’t escape the nightmare of Quiet Rabbit’s death — and now he must lead her straight into danger.
When Taelo’s team of mated warriors travels south into the Andes, they find the Condor Clan surrounded and outnumbered by invaders from the Isthmus. The clan is frightened. The enemy is closing in. Time is running out.
Taelo trains the men in the fighting triangle.
Quiet Rabbit and Busy Bee forge the women into deadly Slingers, hurling razor‑sharp volcanic glass with terrifying accuracy.
When the enemy attacks, the Slingers strike first — and shatter a force five times their size. The men never reach the front lines. The women win the battle before it begins.
But Taelo’s greatest fight is the one inside him: the fear of losing Quiet Rabbit to the nightmare he can’t shake.
A story of courage, partnership, and a clan discovering its strength.
Stand with the Condor Clan Slingers as they rise.
Taelo leads his team on an epic trek across the continent — from the Pacific to the Atlantic, then south and back along the Gulf coast, completing a great circle few could imagine.
Along the way, they make a world‑changing discovery: the Horse, which they name the Mount. They battle a brutal storm while crossing the Mississippi, and Taelo saves Golden Hawk from a shark in the eastern waters.
On the return loop, they fight off a pack of wolves, face a massive alligator in the swamps, and encounter a giant armadillo.
Each challenge strengthens their bond and adds another chapter to the growing legend of Taelo and his companions.
Taelo dares what no one else even imagines — to ride beyond the edges of the known world and return.
With Quiet Rabbit and their twin sons at his side, Taelo leads his seasoned team across oceans, continents, and cultures. They forge alliances with powerful black warriors, face the raw fury of untamed lands, and meet the Sky Eyes once more — not as enemies, but as people bound by loss and unexpected understanding.
The world grows larger with every step.
The dangers grow sharper.
And the stakes rise when a massive break in the Ice Bridge unleashes a towering tsunami that swallows their rafts whole.
Yet Taelo and his team endure.
And when they finally return to Elk Clan territory, they bring with them something no one has ever proven:
The world is not endless.
It is whole.
It is round.
A journey of courage, unity, and the relentless spirit that reshapes the future.
This is a journey for those who have guided him through the years.
Taelo Collection
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Character Stories
A child’s name is a lifetime influence. Thousand years ago during the ice ages, survival of the young was the first hurdle.When a child survived, they self-selected a name by their actions and their choice of an object from the naming hide. One young boy selects the Talon of an eagle.He becomes known as Taelo. He is destined to be a leader of the people settling the Americas.Experience the exhilaration of the discovery, of new animals, of inventing, of establishing new social customs and the development of fundamental human principals.Feel the rush and the desire to get to the next Taelo story.
Sisters living in the male culture of forty thousand years ago.
They guide their sons through the challenges of those times.
They watch, coach and clear the way for them to grow and flourish.Their sons, Taelo and Golden Hawk are brave, generous, and inventive.
that the two are given every opportunity to flourishand grow.
You will feel their strength !
Quiet Rabbit cherishes her mother and father.
She wants to have the same relationship with her soulmate.
She loses both parents and is raised by her grandmother.
One of her best friends is Taelo.
He has her heart from a young age on.
His mother, White Swan, a close friend of her parents,arranges for a mixed gender hunt team.
Quiet Rabbit eagerly accepts the invitation to be on the hunt team.
Leaders in the Clan of Others.Soul Mates.
Good Friends with Taelo of the New Ones.
Good looking, daughter of a lead hunter, privileged.
She leveraged her looks and position.
She wanted the privileges that the young men had.
She liked to hunt, to run through the woods, and to fish.
Her activism caught the eyes of the people around her.
Then a new clan leader came to the Elk Clan.
There were two very interesting and handsome young men.
She had a new objective and perhaps a new competitor.
Soul Mates in the clan of Others.
Good friends to Taelo of the New Ones.
They cross the racial and social boundariesand enrich both clans.
Their superior physical strength makethem valuable allies.
A mad saber tooth tiger changes Rolling Stone into Saber Scar.
He is saved by Quiet Rabbit and Taelo, and journeys around the world with them.
Talking Wren had eagerly accepted.
Little Otter never thought he would have had a chance to be on the same team as Taelo.
Clan politics made him the leader of the long hunt team.
Talking Wren and he were opposites.
In the same Elk Clan, they had never even noticed each other.
Their situation changes on the long hunt with Taelo and Golden Hawk.
By a chance of fate they are hunt partners.
A near fatal accident bonds them for life.
Long Spear Mauled
and broken by a giant brown bear
survives to become Broken Spear.
He becomes a
