William Michael Gear , better known as W. Michael Gear , (born May 20, 1955) is an American writer and archaeologist.[ 1] North America's Forgotten Past series, co-written with his wife Kathleen O'Neal Gear . His novels have been published in 29 languages.
Forbidden Borders trilogy
People Books - First North Americans (with Kathleen O'Neal Gear)
People of the Wolf (1990)People of the Fire (1990)People of the Sea (1993)People of the Lakes (1994)People of the Lightning (1995)
People of the Silence (1996)
People of the Mist (1997)
People of the Masks (1998)
People of the Owl (2003)
People of the Raven (2004) Spur Award Winner.
People of the Moon (2005) Spur Award Finalist.
People of the Nightland (2007)
People of the Weeping Eye (2008)
People of the Thunder (2009)
People of the Longhouse (2010)
The Dawn Country (2011)
The Broken Land (2012)
People of the Black Sun (2012)
"Copper Falcon" (2014)--short story
People of the Morning Star (2014)
"The Dead Man's Doll" (2015)--short story
People of the Songtrail (2015)
Sun Born (2016)
Moon Hunt (2017) This novel was a Spur Award finalist.
Star Path (2019)
People of the Canyons (2020)
People of Cahokia: Lightning Shell (2022) German only
Das Ende Aller Tage , Bastei Lübbe #16290 2007, Translator Rainer Schumacher, ISBN 978-3-404-15748-8 (Orig. Comes a Green Sky )Der Eden Effekt , Bastei Lübbe #16608 2012, Translator Karin Meddekis, ISBN 978-3-404-16608-4 (Orig. The carbon cauldron )Das letzte Gebet , Bastei Lübbe #15748 2007, Translator Rainer Schumacher, ISBN 978-3-404-15748-8 (Orig. To cast a pearl )Way of Spider
The Richard Hamilton Duology
Morning River (1996) [ 2]
Coyote Summer (1997) Anasazi Mysteries (with Kathleen O'Neal Gear)
The Visitant (1999)
The Summoning God (2000)
Bone Walker (2001) Other novels
The Big Horn Legacy (1988)
Long Ride Home (1988)
The Artifact (1990)
Starstrike (1990)
Dark Inheritance (2001) (with Kathleen O'Neal Gear) [ 3]
Raising Abel (2002) (with Kathleen O'Neal Gear)
The Athena Factor (2005)
The Betrayal: The Lost Life of Jesus (2008) (with Kathleen O'Neal Gear)
Children of the Dawnland (2009) (with Kathleen O'Neal Gear)
This Scorched Earth (2018) (as William Gear) 2019 Spur Award finalist.
The Foundation (2021)
Fracture Event (2021)
Athena Unleashed (2024)
Genesis Athena (2024)
Athena's Wrath (2024) The Battle for America series
Coming of the Storm (2010)
Fire the Sky (2010)
A Searing Wind (2011) Donovan Series
Outpost (2018)
Abandoned (2018)
Pariah (2019)
Unreconciled (2020)
Adrift (2021)
Reckoning (2022) The Wyoming Chronicles
Dissolution (2021)
Fourth Quadrant (2022)
After The Eagle Has Fallen (2023) Team Psi Series
The Alpha Enigma (2020)
Implacable Alpha (2022) Flight of the Hawk trilogy
The River (2018)
The Plains (2019) Saga of the Mountain Sage quartet
The Morning River, Wolfpack Publishing, 2023
The White Mist Dog, Wolfpack Publishing, 2023
A Panther's Scream, Wolfpack Publishing, 2023
Coyote Summer, Wolfpack Publishing, 2023