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The next morning, still incensed, he chunked wood into the stove and hunkered over the typewriter. The historical inaccuracies of the story bothered him all night. One cold January night he read a Western novel about a trail drive in which steers (castrated males) had calves. He was 'taking retirement in installments,' archaeology being a seasonal career, in the cabin his great uncle Aubrey had built. Irritated by historical inaccuracies in Western fiction, he swore he could do better. It was in the winter of 1978 that he wrote his first novel. Upon completion of his Master's - his specialty was in physical anthropology - he went to work for Western Wyoming College in Rock Springs as a field archaeologist. Michael graduated from Fort Collins High School in 1972 and pursued both his Bachelor's (1976) and Master's (1979) degrees at Colorado State University.

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On his first dig as a professional archaeologist in 1976 he discovered that two thousand year old human trash isn't nearly as obnoxious as the new stuff. We will not speculate about what cleaning the outhouses might have led him to. It has been said that his exposure to trash led him into archaeology. During summers he volunteered labor on local ranches or at the farm east of Greeley and landed his first real job: picking up trash at the lake and cleaning outhouses. They would color his future and fill his imagination for the rest of his life.

It was there that Mike developed a love of history, anthropology, and motorcycles. During those years the family lived in the foothills above Horsetooth Reservoir. At that time they moved to Fort Collins so that Joe could pursue his Ph.D.

Cook, who taught tool and die making, and the family lived in Lakewood, Colorado, until 1968. After his father's death in 1959, Michael's mother received her Master's degree in journalism and began teaching. A fourth generation Colorado native, his family had been involved in hard-rock mining, cattle ranching, and journalism. Michael Gear was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on the twentieth of May, 1955.

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The final showdown will shake Cahokia to its roots, and nothing will be the same again.Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. He will stop at nothing to ensure that it is he, not Night Shadow Star, who pays the ultimate price. Following in her wake, Fire Cat is merciless.

Night Shadow Star means to stop him before he can get to Morning Star. Walking Smoke-the Lightning Shell witch-hastens to make his way back to Cahokia, understanding that the cure for his impotence lies atop Morning Star’s Mound.

Meanwhile, in the distant east, a desperate three-way race is underway. She’s alive and in the end it will be her wits, Seven Skull Shield’s licentious cunning, and a desperate gamble that determine who lives and who dies in Cahokia. Meanwhile, the new Keeper’s loyal squadrons have taken control of central Cahokia.īlue Heron’s enemies have declared her dead, a supposed victim of the fire that consumed her palace. Spotted Wrist’s squadrons are about to launch an assault on Evening Star Town. Lightning Shell marks the dramatic conclusion to the People of Cahokia sub-series by bestselling authors W.

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