He was born in Mississippi and raised there and on the Navajo reservation in Arizona. He is the author of The Waterborn and The Blackgod as well as the acclaimed Age of Unreason series.There has never been an epic quite like that created by J. Gregory Keyes in the first two books of his Age of Unreason saga. With a stunningly original blend of alternate history, fantasy, and science fiction, Keyes has vividly reimagined the eighteenth century and brought it brilliantly to life. Now his unforgettable adventure shifts from Europe to the tumultuous shores of the New World . . .From the Paperback edition.