Kathleen O'Neal Gear & W Michael Gear

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W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear are best selling authors & award winning archaeologists who have published over 90 novels.

The fourth novel in the Cahokian story cycle, Star Path is an evocative tale about America’s greatest pre-Columbian city by New York Times bestselling authors W. Michael and Kathleen O’Neal Gear Can you say no to a living god? The answer for Blue Heron, former matron of the Four Winds Clan, is not really. She and the master thief Seven Skull Shield are sent to far off Cofitachequi, for an old threat has arisen on the other side of the great eastern mountains. Journeying down the Mississippi to the Tennessee, and then upstream to the Appalachians, Blue Heron’s party must not only face the treacherous river, festering resentment…
Moon Hunt is the third epic tale in the Cahokian story cycle by New York Times bestselling authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear. Against the intricate majesty that was America’s greatest pre-Columbian city, the Gears have once again woven the latest archaeological data into a painstakingly accurate reconstruction of Cahokia and provide a rare look into the mystical underpinnings of Native American culture. Whispering Dawn has come to Cahokia as the bride of the living god Morning Star. She brings with her dark secrets. Political intrigue. And deadly magic. When Morning Star drinks her poisoned nectar, the Night Moth carries his souls off to the Underworld…
SUN BORN, the second book in the Cahokian story cycle, was released in hardback and e-formats in the fall of 2016. A thousand years ago, the mighty Cahokian civilization dominated the North American continent from its capital near modern St. Louis. From Wisconsin to the Gulf of Mexico, settlers and priests carried word of the power of their gods. People who wouldn't bow to that power were conquered or slaughtered. At the heart of the empire stood a vast city, teeming with tens of thousands. Power rested in one being, Morning Star, a god resurrected in the body of a living man. With "Sun Born," W. Michael Gear…
People of the Morning Star -"Bead" a brilliantly evil assassin backed by barbarian Tula warriors, stalks the rulers of Cahokia. To stop him, the Powers of Sky and Underworld must unite before the Bead either kills the reincarnated Morning Star, or calls a terrible Power up from the Underworld. Against him stand only a clan elder, a scoundrel, a spirit-possessed beauty, and a heretical slave. Crackling with suspense, PEOPLE OF THE MORNING STAR launches a new miniseries in equal parts political thriller and historical epic, steeped in Native American fantasy, and set in the majesty that was Cahokia. Available as an audio book!  The People of Cahokia includes…