It made the headlines in 1956: the spearing deaths of five American missionaries in Ecuador by Auca Indians. Steve Saint was only four-years-old at the time his own father became one of these victims and he was taken to be raised by the tribe. Saint developed a strong familial bond with with father’s assassin, coming to learn that Auca, a derogatory term given by outsiders that means naked savage, is not the name of the tribe at all. They are called the Waodani, and though Saint does not dispute the fact they were vicious killers before their conversion to Christianity soon after Saint’s father’s death, he strives to get his readers’ to understand the Waodani’s worldview and why they did what they did. Most of this book takes place in recent times when Saint returns to the Waodani with his wife and children to live among them again. End of the Spear is a heartfelt, forgiving memoir written in a humble and sincere voice by a man who had an extraordinary life.