M Russo

Those Outside the Walls M Russo

In 2008, in an ancient earthen mound near the Ohio River, archaeologists discovered the DNA-verified remains of a 17th century European. The mound pre-dated those remains by centuries. Near the remains was also a heavy leather satchel containing a letter to an official of the court of King Louis XIV of France and a most amazing manuscript; a manuscript that tells the story of the mound-making tribe and their proud downfall. After a decade of meticulous reconstruction and historical research at last the story of NoName of the Mizi Zi Ipi tribe, a tribe that mysteriously disappeared well before Europeans arrived can be told with the prophetic utterances from the heart of one the tribal outcasts he befriended. The tale takes the reader across a journey of many rivers to what is now Cahokia, Illinois with stops in four modern states... and along the way there is a great lesson to be learned.