Kathleen O'Neal Gear

Kathleen O'Neal Gear is a former state historian and archaeologist for Wyoming, Kansas, and Nebraska for the U.S. Department of the Interior. She has twice received the federal government's Special Achievement Award for "outstanding management" of our nation's cultural heritage. With her husband, W. Michael Gear, she is the co-author of many books, including the North America’s Forgotten Past series (People of the Songtrail, People of the Morning Star, Sun Born, Moon Hunt, among others); and the Anasazi Mysteries series. She and her husband live in Thermopolis, WY.
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People of the Canyons
North America's Forgotten Past
Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
In People of the Canyons, award-winning archaeologists and New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael...
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Star Path
North America's Forgotten Past
W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
The fourth novel in North America's Forgotten Past Cahokian story cycle, Star Path is an evocative tale about America’s greatest pre-Columbian city by New York Times bestselling...
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Moon Hunt
North America's Forgotten Past
W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
Moon Hunt is the third epic tale in the Morning Star series by New York Times bestselling authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear.
Against the...
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Maze Master
Kathleen O'Neal Gear
St. Martin's Publishing Group
St. Martin's Press
New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Gear's new apocalyptic thriller Maze Master shows the world ending not in fire nor in ice but in science.
Kathleen Gear, who...
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Sun Born
North America's Forgotten Past
W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Tor/Forge
Tor Books
An old enemy has returned to Cahokia with vengeance in his heart. Will the empire’s living god choose to save his city?
A thousand years ago, the mighty Cahokian civilization dominated the...
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People of the Songtrail
North America's Forgotten Past
Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear
Tor/Forge
Tor Books
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear comes an epic story of the first contact between Native Americans and Vikings.
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Vikings in North America
Kathleen O'Neal Gear; W. Michael Gear
Tor/Forge
Tor Books
With VIKINGS IN NORTH AMERICA, W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear, renowned archaeologists and bestselling authors of America's Forgotten Past series, discuss the fascinating myths that compelled...
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People of the Morning Star
North America's Forgotten Past
W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Tor/Forge
Tor Books
Bestselling authors and archaeologists Michael and Kathleen Gear begin the stunning saga of the North American equivalent of ancient Rome
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The Dead Man's Doll
North America's Forgotten Past
Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear
Tor/Forge
Tor Books
To free a tortured ghost, a shaman will enter enemy land in the dead of winter. What he discovers is a world of magic unimaginable...
At the Publisher's request, this title is being...
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Copper Falcon
North America's Forgotten Past
W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Tor/Forge
Tor Books
Almost a thousand years ago, the North American continent was dominated by the great civilization known as Cahokia, which ruled a wide swath of land from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Cahokian...
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Novels of North America's Forgotten Past
North America's Forgotten Past
W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Tor/Forge
Tor Books
Six enthralling novels of North America's Forgotten Past by USA Today and New York Times bestselling novelists.
W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal...
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People of the Black Sun
North America's Forgotten Past
Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear
Tor/Forge
Tor Books
A novel of North America's Forgotten Past
The epic tale that began in The People of the Longhouse draws to a close in People of the Black Sun, the final installation...
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The Summoning God
Anasazi Mysteries
Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear
Tor/Forge
Tor Books
Available in trade paperback for the first time, the second book in the Anasazi Mysteries series by the bestselling authors and archaeologists Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear
Archaeologist...
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The Broken Land
North America's Forgotten Past
Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear
Tor/Forge
Tor Books
A novel of North America's Forgotten Past
Twelve summers after the events of The People of the Longhouse and The Dawn Country, the Iroquois nations remain locked in...
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The Dawn Country
North America's Forgotten Past
Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear
Tor/Forge
Tor Books
The epic tale that began in People of the Longhouse continues in this second book of the thrilling new Iroquois quartet by New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors...
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The Visitant
Anasazi Mysteries
Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear
Tor/Forge
Tor Books
With their bestselling First North Americans series, the Gears have astounded an avid international audience of millions. Now these master storytellers turn to the American Southwest, to one of the...
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People of the Longhouse
North America's Forgotten Past
W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Tor/Forge
Tor Books
Six hundred years ago in what would become the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada, five Iroquois tribes were locked in bitter warfare. From the ashes of violence, a great Peacemaker...
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People of the Masks
North America's Forgotten Past
Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
As the prophets have foretold, a child of power has been born unto the Turtle People of the Iroquois Nation. The Elders call him False Face Child, for he is the son of a powerful spirit. A living...
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People of the Mist
North America's Forgotten Past
Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear
Tor/Forge
Tor Books
With People of the Mist, bestselling authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear take us to the Chesapeake Bay of six hundred years ago, when the unprovoked and brutal murder of a young...
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Children of the Dawnland
Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
The end of the Ice Age: A time of melting glaciers, mass extinctions, unpredictable dangers…and young heroes
Though only twelve summers old, Twig is a talented Dreamer. Sometimes she...
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People of the Raven
North America's Forgotten Past
W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
In People of the Raven, award-winning archaeologists and New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear spin a vivid and captivating...
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People of the River
North America's Forgotten Past
W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Tor/Forge
Tor Books
People of the River is a gripping new saga of pre-historic America that takes us to the Mississippi Valley and the tribe known as the Mound builders. It is a time of troubles. In Cahokia,...
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People of the Sea
North America's Forgotten Past
Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear
Tor/Forge
Tor Books
Twelve thousand years ago, the glaciers of the Sierra Nevada were melting, destroying the habitat of the mastodons and creating the rich land that would become California. The coastal people struggle...
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People of the Earth
North America's Forgotten Past
W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Tor/Forge
Tor Books
New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors and award-winning archaeologists W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear bring the stories of these first North Americans...
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People of the Fire
North America's Forgotten Past
Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear
Tor/Forge
Tor Books
It is a time of fire. A small band of pioneers struggle valiantly to keep their ancestors' dreams alive in an unforgiving, drought-stricken land. Driven by the promise of an awesome vision, a heroic...
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People of the Thunder
North America's Forgotten Past
W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
The remarkable conclusion to the saga that began in People of the Weeping Eye.
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People of the Wolf
North America's Forgotten Past
Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear
Tor/Forge
Tor Books
A sweeping epic of prehistory, People of the Wolf is another compelling novel in the majestic North America's Forgotten Past series from New York Times and USA Today...
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The Betrayal
Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear
Tor/Forge
Tor Books
There is an alternate story of the life of Jesus. One the early Church fathers found so menacing they outlawed the books that documented it, ordered them burned, and threatened anyone found copying...
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People of the Weeping Eye
North America's Forgotten Past
W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
People of the Weeping Eye is an epic novel set against the might and majesty of the great Mississippian Chiefdoms.
New York Times and USA Today...
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People of the Nightland
North America's Forgotten Past
W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Tor/Forge
Forge Books
New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear continue the story of North America's Forgotten Past in People of the Nightland,...
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