Michael and Kathleen Gear have written over forty books together that have been translated into thirteen languages. W. Michael Gear holds a master’s degree in anthropology and has worked as a professional archaeologist since 1978. Kathleen O’Neal Gear is a former state historian and an archaeologist for the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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THE CARBON CAULDRON
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Agent: Matt Bialer

Foreign Sales
Germany: Luebbe

This scientific thriller dives into the cataclysmic future that looms just over the horizon. Within fifty years our global civilization will be rocked by catastrophic climate change, overpopulation, economic dislocation, starvation, and the collapse of civilization. For archaeologists, the Romans, Chaco Anasazi, Cahokians, Mayans, Hohokam, Sumerians, and others serve as models for the coming collapse.

The fundamentals always remain the same: Population expands to the limits of food production; climate changes; deprivation occurs; starvation ensues; raiding begins and trade routes are cut; vicious religious warfare breaks out; epidemics run unchecked; fifty to ninety percent of the population dies. The more advanced the civilization, the harder the crash. Based on the authors’ scientific scholarship, The Carbon Cauldron is a thriller of heroism against the odds and the fight for survival.

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