Kathleen O'Neal Gear
People of the Morning Star: A Novel of North America’s Forgotten Past
In the 11th century, the Mississippi River city of Cahokia is at its zenith. Hundreds of thousands of people live…
People of the Black Sun
The Iroquois nation is totally splintered. Clans are at war with each other, driven by disease, starvation, and the code…
A Searing Wind
In 1541, Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto has spent several years exploring and conquering the native tribes of Florida. After a…
The Broken Land
In this third of four books set in 1400 CE among “The People of the Longhouse” (who most of us…
The Dawn Country
The Dawn Country concerns the peoples of the Iroquois in the generation before the coming of their great peacemaker Deganawidah,…
Fire the Sky
In 1540, Hernando De Soto led hundreds of Spanish soldiers into the interior of southern North America. Searching for gold…
Coming of the Storm
In 1539, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto landed his forces in Florida and began a brutal three-year exploration of what…
People of the Longhouse
This 17th installment of the Gears’ North America’s Forgotten Past series chronicles hostilities between several Iroquois tribes. In the story,…
People of the Thunder
It’s about 1300 CE in what today is Mississippi and Alabama. The dominant Sky Hand people have quickly risen to…
People of the Weeping Eye
During the 11th and 12th centuries, the Mississippi River Valley was populated by a number of Native American chiefdoms; this…
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