W. Michael Gear is the author or co-author with his beloved wife, Kathleen O’Neal Gear, of fifty-seven published novels. He is a New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author whose work has been translated into 29 languages and has over 17 million copies in print world wide. Both and anthropologist and archaeologist, he brings extraordinary depth and complexity to his characters and settings. Gear lives on a back country buffalo ranch in Wyoming where he raises outstanding bison, indulges in his passion for large-caliber rifles, and pets his two shelties: Jake and Shannon. Michael can be found at gear-gear.com.
Praise for the author:
“What a ride! Excitement, adventure, and intrigue, all told
in W. Michael Gear's vivid, compulsively readable prose.
A terrific new science-fiction series; Gear hits a home run right
out of the park and all the way to Capella.” —Robert J. Sawyer,
Hugo Award-winning author of Quantum Night
“A marginal colony on a living world---where human life and human
will are tested to the limits. An intriguing and inventive new
work from Michael Gear, first of a trilogy. Recommended!” –C.
J. Cherryh, Hugo Award-winning author of Downbelow Station
"Mike Gear does for science fiction what J.R.R. Tolkien did
for fantasy, and he does it with panache and elan." —Rave
Reviews
"Flowing imagination, storytelling marvels. The Gears have a fine
time drawing the various interclan rivalries and clashes of
cultures." —Kirkus
"Galactic intrigue combines with military SF in a tightly
woven, intricate storywith strong male and female characters....
Highly recommended." —Library Journal
"Gear has managed to develop a vivid world, and in it set in
motion a sweeping conflict." —Locus
"Gear handles characters and plot twists with equal ease....
The different alien species are distinctively drawn and
interesting." —Science Fiction Chronicle
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