W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear sold an untitled trilogy to Jennifer Heddle at Pocket Books via agent Matt Bialer of Sanford J. Greenburger Associates. The books will be a “fictional account of the native peoples of Florida and the do Soto expeditions of the 16th century.”
The Gears, writing as a team, have published many historical, western, alternate history, fantasy, and science fiction novels. They won a Golden Spur Award from the Western Writers of America in 2005.