W. Michael Gear

Biography

Notable works

• Requiem for the Conqueror
• Relic of Empire
• Countermeasures

• People of the Wolf
• People of the Fire
• People of the Earth
• People of the River
• People of the Sea
• People of the Lakes
• People of the Lightning
• People of the Silence
• People of the Mist
• People of the Masks
• People of the Owl
• People of the Raven Spur Award Winner.
• People of the Moon Spur Award Finalist.
• People of the Nightland
• People of the Weeping Eye
• People of the Thunder
• People of the Longhouse
• The Dawn Country
• The Broken Land
• People of the Black Sun
• "Copper Falcon" --short story
• People of the Morning Star
• "The Dead Man's Doll" --short story
• People of the Songtrail
• Sun Born
• Moon Hunt This novel was a Spur Award finalist.
• Star Path
• People of the Canyons

• Das Ende Aller Tag
• Der Eden Effekt

• The Warriors of Spider
• The Way of Spider
• The Web of Spider

• Morning River
• Coyote Summer

• The Visitant
• The Summoning God
• Bone Walker

• The Big Horn Legacy
• Long Ride Home
• The Artifact
• Starstrike
• Dark Inheritance
• Raising Abel
• The Athena Factor
• The Betrayal: The Lost Life of Jesus
• Children of the Dawnland
• This Scorched Earth 2019 Spur Award finalist.

• Coming of the Storm
• A Searing Wind

• Outpost
• Abandoned
• Pariah
• Unreconciled
• Alpha Enigma

• The River
• The Plains

• When Buffalo Cry," Roundup Magazine, February, 2020
• Meatless Meat. What's All the Fuss About?" Bison Review, Winter, 2020
• The Power of an Illusion, Bison Review, Summer, 2019
• When Buffalo Cry, Bison Review, Winter, 2017.
• More on the Higgs Bison, Bison Review, Fall, 2016.
• Chunkey: America’s Ancient Game, Cobblestone, October, 2015.
• Morning Star and the Giants, Cobblestone, October, 2015.
• Are Bison Microsatellite DNA Tests Accurate? Bison Review, Winter, 2015.
• Cattle Genes in Bison: Modern or Ancient? Bison Review, Winter, 2015.
• The Dead Man’s Doll, Tor Books, April, 2015.
• Vikings in North America, Tor Books, March, 2015.
• A Prehistoric Bison Bone Sculpture. Bison Review, Summer, 2015.
• Viking Warrior Women: Did ‘Shieldmaidens’ like Lagertha Really Exist? Tor/Forge blog, May, 2015.
• Wild Bison: The Search for a Definition of ‘Wild’ Behavior. Bison Review, Spring, 2014.
• Genetically Modified Bison? Let’s Not Find out if there is a Health Risk. Say NO to GMO. Bison Review, Fall, 2013.
• Chimps and Bison: The ESA Effect. Bison Review, Fall, 2013.
• The Healing Powers of Buffalo in Native America. Bison Review, Spring, 2013.
• Public Comments Letter from WBA to USFWS on Woods Bison Designation. Bison Review, Spring, 2013.
• Western Bison Association—Issues Paper: Conservation Herds vs. Commercial Herds. The Upcoming COSEWIC Report in Canada. Bison Review, Spring, 2013.
• Petition to Remove Wood Bison from Administration Under the Provisions of the Endangered Species Act. Bison Review, Winter, 2012.
• Hybrids and the Endangered Species Act, Bison Review, Winter, 2012.
• Cattle Genes in Bison: The Perspectives of the WBA. Bison Review, Fall, 2012.
• The Effects of Cattle DNA in Bison: A New Study. Bison Review, Fall, 2012.
• The Global Economic Crises and Food Production: What’s in Store? Bison Review, Fall, 2012.
• Response to Canadian Perspectives. Bison Review, Fall, 2012.
• New change to the NBA Code of Ethics—Our opinion, Bison Review, May, 2012.
• Terminology: Bison bison or Bos bison. What does it mean for us? Bison Review, May, 2012.
• Ranchers Efforts to Protect Endangered Species Foiled by Conservation Groups. Bison Review, May, 2012.
• Historical Uses of Bison. Bison Review, May, 2012.
• Hybrids and the Endangered Species Act. Bison Review, Winter, 2012.
• Western Bison Association’s Petition to Remove Wood Bison from Administration Under the Endangered Species Act. Bison Review, Winter, 2012.
• 2011 WBA Conference Overview. Bison Review, Winter, 2012.
• Gene Patents: Why the Bison Industry Needs a Plan for the Bison Genome. Bison Review, Fall, 2011.
• Paleobiology of Bison, Dakota Territory Buffalo Association Newsletter, Summer, 2011.
• The Pure Bison Debate, Dakota Territory Buffalo Association Newsletter, Summer, 2011.
• Western Bison Association Response to Conservation Committee on Proposed Conservation Guidelines for Herd Managers. Bison Review, May, 2011.
• The Buffalo Primer: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Owning Bison. Part 7. Bison Review, May, 2011.
• Principles of Evolutionary Biology – and What They Mean for the Purity Issue in Bison, Dakota Territory Buffalo Association Newsletter, Summer, 2011.
• Summary of 12th Annual Stampede, Bison Review, January, 2011.
• Possible Impacts of ‘Pure Bison’ Debate, Bison Review, January, 2011.
• Pure Bison—WBA Management Recommendations, Bison Review, January 2011.
• Western Bison Association Response to Conservation Committee on Proposed Conservation Guidelines for Herd Managers. Bison Review, May, 2011.
• The Buffalo Primer: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Owning Bison. Part 6. Bison Review, January, 2011.
• Basic Principles of Evolutionary Biology – and What they Mean for the Purity Issue. Bison Review, Jan. 2011.
• Response to James Derr, Bison Review, January, 2011.
• Lessons from Ancient Egypt." Bison World Magazine, June, 2010.
• One Bison Skull Helps Rewrite Bison History. The Bison Review, Summer, 2010.
• Lessons from Ancient Egypt. Bison Review, January 2010.
• The Buffalo Primer: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Owning Bison. Part 5. Nutrition. Bison Review, January, 2010.
• The Buffalo Primer: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Owning Bison. Part 4.Bison Review, Fall, 2009.
• The Buffalo Primer: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Owning Buffalo. Part 3: Buying Buffalo. Bison Review, May, 2009.
• How do the Judges Do it? Bison Review, May, 2009.
• The Buffalo Primer: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Owning Buffalo. Part 2. Bison Review, Fall, 2008.
• Do we really want Bison to be Amenable? Dakota Territory Buffalo Association Newsletter, Fall, 2008.
• Should Bison be an Amenable Species? The Bison Rancher, Fall, 2008.
• The Buffalo Primer: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Owning Buffalo. Part 1.Bison Review, Summer, 2008.
• The Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Long Version, Bison Review, Summer, 2008.
• Do We Really Want Bison to be an Amenable Species? Bison Review, Summer, 2008.
• The Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Bison World Magazine, Spring, 2008.
• The Drought, Global Warming, and Our Own Backyards, Western Bison Record, March, 2007.
• Medicinal Usages of Plants by Buffalo. Western Bison Record, November, 2006.
• Prehistoric Sexual Healing Rituals, Romantic Times magazine, May, 2005.
• The Oregon Trail: The Beginning of the End for the Buffalo, Western Bison Record, June, 2005.
• Slipper: The Saga of a Buffalo Bottle-Baby. Western Bison Record, March, 2004.
• Tripping through the Mine Field: Writing Fiction about Archaeology, The Archaeological Record, November, 2003.
• From Cowboy to Buffalero: Wyoming Buffalo Ranchers Talk About the Industry, Western Farm, Ranch, and Dairy Magazine, September, 2003.
• Thirty-three Books, Co-Authors and Still Lovers? Romantic Times Magazine, Aug. 2001.
• Bone Walker and The Anasazi Mystery Series.'' Mystery Readers Journal, 2001.