W. Michael Gear

An Arkansas pioneer family journeys from devastation to rebirth in the years after the American Civil War, a period marked by the destruction of a family home, self-reinvention, guilt-induced tyranny, and explorations into mysticism and mental illness.

Black Shell and Pearl Hand's continuing pursuit of Hernando de Soto's invading Spanish army is shaped by their assistance in an Apache guerilla war, a desperate race to warn the high rulers, and the vain ambition of a young princess.

The first North Americans series, book 4.

The fifth book in the thrilling Donovan sci-fi series returns to a treacherous alien planet where corporate threats and dangerous creatures imperil the lives of the colonists.

"Lightning Shell marks the dramatic conclusion to the People of Cahokia sub-series by bestselling authors W. Michael and Kathleen O'Neal Gear. Spotted Wrist's squadrons are about to launch an assault on Evening Star Town. Meanwhile, the new Keeper's loyalsquadrons have taken control of central Cahokia. Blue Heron's enemies have declared her dead, a supposed victim of the fire that consumed her palace. She's alive and in the end it will be her wits,...

Abandoned presents the continuing story of the residents of the planet Donovan, as survival becomes more of a struggle.

When the powerful families who control the Board bring their battle for supremacy to Port Authority, Falise Taglioni is chosen to ensure her family emerges triumphant, while the inhabitants of Port Authority, genetically altered, tough and self-reliant, prepare to defend their planet. "Three years after Ashanti spaced for Solar System, Turalon reappears in the Donovanian sky. The Corporation has returned. Donovan's wealth is a lure for the powerful...

The First North Americans series, book 1.

Corporate assassin Tamarland Benteen's last hope is the survey ship Vixen. With a load of scientists aboard under the supervision of Dr. Dortmund Weisbacher, Vixen is tasked with the first comprehensive survey of the newly discovered planet called Donovan. Given that back in Solar System, Boardmember Radcek would have Benteen's brain dissected, he's particularly motivated to make his escape. The transition that should have taken Vixen years is instantaneous....