W. Michael Gear bibliography

William Michael Gear, better known as W. Michael Gear, (born May 20, 1955) is an American writer and archaeologist.[1] He is the author of 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

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The Anasazi Mysteries

  • The Visitant (Anasazi Mysteries, Part 1), Wolfpack Publishing, 2023
  • Where the Basilisk Dreams, (Anasazi Mysteries, Part 2), Wolfpack Publishing, 2023
  • The Summoning God ((Anasazi Mysteries, Part 3), Wolfpack Publishing, 2023
  • The Two Hearted (Anasazi Mysteries, Part 4), Wolfpack Publishing, 2023
  • Bone Walker (Anasazi Mysteries, Part 5), Wolfpack Publishing, 2023
  • Hunting Shadows (Anasazi Mysteries, Part 6), Wolfpack Publishing, 2023

The Peacemaker's Tale

  • People of the Longhouse, Part 1 of the Peacemaker's Tale, Wolfpack Publishing, 2024.
  • Shadowed Forest, Part 2 of the Peacemaker's Tale, Wolfpack Publishing, 2024
  • The Dawn Country, Part 3 of the Peacemaker's Tale, Wolfpack Publishing, 2024
  • The Dusk Country, Part 4 of the Peacemaker's Tale, Wolfpack Publishing, 2024
  • The Broken Land, Part 5 of the Peacemaker's Tale, Wolfpack Publishing, 2024
  • Blood Lightning, Part 6 Of the Peacemaker's Tale, Wolfpack Publishing, 2024
  • People of the Black Sun, Part 7 of the Peacemaker's Tale, Wolfpack Publishing, 2024
  • Eclipse Dancer, Part 8 of the Peacemaker's Tale, Wolfpack Publishing, 2024

Children's books

  • Children of the Dawnland, Part 1, 2023
  • Children of the Dawnland, Part 2, 2024
  • Ridin' With the Pack, anthology of western short stories, "Bad Choices," by W. Michael Gear, Wolfpack Publishing, 2023.
  • Switching Gears, anthology of western short fiction, by W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear, Wolfpack Publishing, Oct. 2024.

Selected non-fiction

  • Gene-Edited Bison: A Barnyard Revolution or a Looming Disaster? in Bison Review Magazine, Winter, 2023.
  • Willing Suspension of Disbelief: The Contract and Why Research Matters, published in the Colorado Authors Hall of Fame Attitudes at Altitude, April, 2023.
  • Does Social Media Sell Books? The Case of the Viral Tweet, in Roundup Magazine, April, 2023.
  • When Buffalo Cry, Buffalo Tales and Trails, https://buffalotalesandtrails.com/author/kogwmgbuffalotalesandtrails-com/ March, 2023.
  • The New Bison Genome...and another DNA test: Our opinion, Bison Review Magazine, Winter, 2022.
  • PLC at Work and Your Small School, by Breez Longwell Daniels. Foreword by W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear, Solution Tree Press, Bloomington, Indiana, 2020.
  • When Buffalo Cry, Roundup Magazine, February, 2020
  • Meatless Meat. What's All the Fuss About? Bison Review, Winter, 2020
  • The Power of an Illusion, Bison Review, Summer, 2019
  • When Buffalo Cry, Bison Review, Winter, 2017.
  • More on the Higgs Bison, Bison Review, Fall, 2016.
  • Chunkey: America’s Ancient Game, Cobblestone, October, 2015.
  • Morning Star and the Giants, Cobblestone, October, 2015.
  • Are Bison Microsatellite DNA Tests Accurate? Bison Review, Winter, 2015.
  • Cattle Genes in Bison: Modern or Ancient? Bison Review, Winter, 2015.
  • The Dead Man’s Doll, Tor Books, April, 2015.
  • Vikings in North America, Tor Books, March, 2015.
  • A Prehistoric Bison Bone Sculpture. Bison Review, Summer, 2015.
  • Viking Warrior Women: Did ‘Shieldmaidens’ like Lagertha Really Exist? Tor/Forge blog, May, 2015. (Tor.com)
  • Wild Bison: The Search for a Definition of ‘Wild’ Behavior. Bison Review, Spring, 2014.
  • Genetically Modified Bison? Let’s Not Find out if there is a Health Risk. Say NO to GMO. Bison Review, Fall, 2013.
  • Chimps and Bison: The ESA Effect. Bison Review, Fall, 2013.
  • The Healing Powers of Buffalo in Native America. Bison Review, Spring, 2013.
  • Public Comments Letter from WBA to USFWS on Woods Bison Designation. Bison Review, Spring, 2013.
  • Western Bison Association—Issues Paper: Conservation Herds vs. Commercial Herds. The Upcoming COSEWIC Report in Canada. Bison Review, Spring, 2013.
  • Petition to Remove Wood Bison from Administration Under the Provisions of the Endangered Species Act. Bison Review, Winter, 2012.
  • Hybrids and the Endangered Species Act, Bison Review, Winter, 2012.
  • Cattle Genes in Bison: The Perspectives of the WBA. Bison Review, Fall, 2012.
  • The Effects of Cattle DNA in Bison: A New Study. Bison Review, Fall, 2012.
  • The Global Economic Crises and Food Production: What’s in Store? Bison Review, Fall, 2012.
  • Response to Canadian Perspectives. Bison Review, Fall, 2012.
  • New change to the NBA Code of Ethics—Our opinion, Bison Review, May, 2012.
  • Terminology: Bison bison or Bos bison. What does it mean for us? Bison Review, May, 2012.
  • Ranchers Efforts to Protect Endangered Species Foiled by Conservation Groups. Bison Review, May, 2012.
  • Historical Uses of Bison. Bison Review, May, 2012.
  • Hybrids and the Endangered Species Act. Bison Review, Winter, 2012.
  • Western Bison Association’s Petition to Remove Wood Bison from Administration Under the Endangered Species Act. Bison Review, Winter, 2012.
  • 2011 WBA Conference Overview. Bison Review, Winter, 2012.
  • Gene Patents: Why the Bison Industry Needs a Plan for the Bison Genome. Bison Review, Fall, 2011.
  • Paleobiology of Bison, Dakota Territory Buffalo Association Newsletter, Summer, 2011.
  • The Pure Bison Debate, Dakota Territory Buffalo Association Newsletter, Summer, 2011.
  • Western Bison Association Response to Conservation Committee on Proposed Conservation Guidelines for Herd Managers. Bison Review, May, 2011.
  • The Buffalo Primer: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Owning Bison. Part 7. Bison Review, May, 2011.
  • Principles of Evolutionary Biology – and What They Mean for the Purity Issue in Bison, Dakota Territory Buffalo Association Newsletter, Summer, 2011.
  • Summary of 12th Annual Stampede, Bison Review, January, 2011.
  • Possible Impacts of ‘Pure Bison’ Debate, Bison Review, January, 2011.
  • Pure Bison—WBA Management Recommendations, Bison Review, January 2011.
  • Western Bison Association Response to Conservation Committee on Proposed Conservation Guidelines for Herd Managers. Bison Review, May, 2011.
  • The Buffalo Primer: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Owning Bison. Part 6. Bison Review, January, 2011.
  • Basic Principles of Evolutionary Biology – and What they Mean for the Purity Issue. Bison Review, Jan. 2011.
  • Response to James Derr, Bison Review, January, 2011.
  • Lessons from Ancient Egypt. Bison World Magazine, June, 2010.
  • One Bison Skull Helps Rewrite Bison History. The Bison Review, Summer, 2010.
  • Lessons from Ancient Egypt. Bison Review, January 2010.
  • The Buffalo Primer: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Owning Bison. Part 5. Nutrition. Bison Review, January, 2010.
  • The Buffalo Primer: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Owning Bison. Part 4.Bison Review, Fall, 2009.
  • The Buffalo Primer: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Owning Buffalo. Part 3: Buying Buffalo. Bison Review, May, 2009.
  • How do the Judges Do it? Bison Review, May, 2009.
  • The Buffalo Primer: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Owning Buffalo. Part 2. Bison Review, Fall, 2008.
  • Do we really want Bison to be Amenable? Dakota Territory Buffalo Association Newsletter, Fall, 2008.
  • Should Bison be an Amenable Species? The Bison Rancher, Fall, 2008.
  • The Buffalo Primer: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Owning Buffalo. Part 1.Bison Review, Summer, 2008.
  • The Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Long Version, Bison Review, Summer, 2008.
  • Do We Really Want Bison to be an Amenable Species? Bison Review, Summer, 2008.
  • The Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Bison World Magazine, Spring, 2008.
  • The Drought, Global Warming, and Our Own Backyards, Western Bison Record, March, 2007.
  • Medicinal Usages of Plants by Buffalo. Western Bison Record, November, 2006.
  • Prehistoric Sexual Healing Rituals, Romantic Times magazine, May, 2005.
  • The Oregon Trail: The Beginning of the End for the Buffalo, Western Bison Record, June, 2005.
  • Slipper: The Saga of a Buffalo Bottle-Baby. Western Bison Record, March, 2004.
  • Tripping through the Mine Field: Writing Fiction about Archaeology, The Archaeological Record, November, 2003.
  • From Cowboy to Buffalero: Wyoming Buffalo Ranchers Talk About the Industry, Western Farm, Ranch, and Dairy Magazine, September, 2003.
  • Thirty-three Books, Co-Authors and Still Lovers? Romantic Times Magazine, Aug. 2001.
  • Bone Walker and The Anasazi Mystery Series. Mystery Readers Journal, 2001.

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