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Chase O’Brien, wanted by the Feds for murder during the Appalachia coal strike in the 1920’s, has found himself in the thick of a winner-take-all poker game aboard a Mississippi riverboat during a violent three-day storm. Unknowingly, his winnings will eventually become a contested part of his Last Will and Testament. One hundred years later a discovery of their great-uncle Chase’s Will by two young siblings sends them on a journey to New Orleans in the hope of salvaging their own questionable future. A complacent clerk, a slick land shark, a one armed Indian, and the steaming depths ...

“Death Cycle” brings together things we are all too familiar with in our time. Humanity around the world seems bent on self-destruction, and no amount of rational dialog appears to be of help. Tiff Arnold has just returned from Afghanistan and finds himself in the heartland of America on a journey not of his choosing. He feels unfulfilled, his senses restless, as he accepts that his journey may be controlled by the fates. The purpose always presents itself in time. Is it possible his mission hasn’t ended? Might death have one last play?

A bureau, embarrassed by leaks of past investigations of possible supernatural events, reels from a flood of cases that once again suggest what had become known as “Death Cycle” incidents. The director of the FBI quietly convinces Dalton Risk, the ex-FBI agent originally assigned to handle those cases, to take a look at the unnerving increase in Death Cycle reports without being detected. The threads of the unknown lead to unexpected consequences as indifferent government agencies, bureaucrats with their own agenda, political posturing, and a threat of a government takeover intertwine. ...

For seventeen years a world-famous archeologist, Corrigan O’Hara, struggles to find safety and solace wherever he can. Under the cloak of night, time and time again, he will secretly travel to the far reaches of the planet to escape a sinister killer. Corrigan has discovered that which should have remained hidden and is aware that his avenger will spare no effort to search him out for the secret he carries. Even though age and decades of hiding have begun to take their toll, Corrigan must go on. In a twist of fate a marketing professional from Cincinnati, Simon Braxton, an unlikely ...

It was a scientific theory, that’s all it was. It was just one theory among several more logical theories. So then, why did this theory catch the attention of millions? Why do ‘wacko’ notions or web videos grab the attention of the masses when so many brilliant ideas seem to take a back seat? The answer in this case is the enormous cultural shift that is the worldwide web. Instant gratification, the desire to ‘chill out’ watching and sharing something a bit bazaar, funny, or just plan weird to put the everyday grind behind us seems to spawn ‘viral’ sharing across all borders ...

Dan Fallsburn and Delphi Taylor are on another quest in Peru to find a golden disc the size of a standing man that is mentioned in Spanish documents from the year 1534. Their dangerous journey takes them across the width of South America while testing their ability to stay one step ahead of many world governments with similar desires. Governments and entire ways of life will be effected by the procurement of the disc. Why???

Another world within the threads of our world; what an absurd idea! We sense the foreboding power we humans have in possessing the free will to chose our path. This power can be a beacon for good; it can spawn evil. Might there be yet another power? Might there be a power of checks and balances that we have yet to understand? Consider a conversation between Max and Emma within the pages of “Doctor Goodevil” before answering. “Easy goin’ there Emma. Don’t go all ‘science-fiction’ on me. I was more or less in the ‘frightened out of their wits hallucination’ camp. Surely all ...

It’s a love story! No... really! But... it’s a love story with BITE! Have you every noticed how many problems we face are “self inflicted?” Perhaps it’s ‘free will,’ inherent in each and every one of us, that may be the culprit. Sprinkle free will with that ‘inquisitiveness gene’ and mankind has an explosive situation on its hands. Somehow we seem to be missing a ‘think before you act’ gene. “Derecho Roars” walks us into one of those ‘self inflicted’ dilemmas. We’ve sent out the invitations without ever knowing who might come to the party. At first we bestow ...

This tale begins with a young boy in Peru, but it is ‘anything but’ a story about this boy. Legend has it that a recently discovered ancient object can give its owner exactly what they may wish for. However, with the granting of the wish one must expect an unknown traumatic negative consequence as well. Tied to a centuries old legend dating back to the ancestors of the magnificent Empire of the Inca, this story quickly spins out of the control of those that become mired in a struggle to the death for control of its power. Good and evil, morality and deceit, selfishness and honor come ...

We live in fast changing times. That, you might say is an understatement, especially if you consider the immense power in the hands of World Governments and a handful of private entities these days. So then, how might that affect the ‘lowly’ private citizen? Sam is a bored copywriter, Darcy a beautiful and talented researcher. They both aspire to bigger and better things but find themselves ‘stuck’ in Toledo. Yeah, that Toledo! A Text message arrives that is guaranteed to upend their lives, setting them on a course infinitely more interesting, challenging, and oh, did I mention ...

CIA agents Townston and Mason were convinced that they had closed a bizarre serial killer case in Bosnia. They had sworn themselves to secrecy about the true nature of the killer, fearing that the world wasn’t ready for what they had witnessed. It is now weeks later. More bodies are found a world away in the Yucatan with the same cause of death indicated, the missing heart of each victim with no visible incision. The agents are faced with the possibility that the killer hadn’t been caught, or that others like him surfaced in the jungles of the Yucatan. If the Agency finds that they had ...

The year is 2165; a blip in time, yet a very pivotal moment. Piercing the depths of space in search of the practice of reason presents a void filled with billions of planets, yet one of the smallest of these, earth, still roils from the struggle that intelligent reasoning creates. Seth Cramer is a brilliant and dedicated scientist whose life mission is to solve the problems of his age, yet he is about to face a traumatic jolt to his personal life that may alter his convictions. Throughout time some of the most unlikely individuals have been chosen to change history. Seth fits this unlikely ...

A fast-paced novel that brings a suspense-ridden end to the trilogy that includes “Obsidian Obsession” and “Fragile Witness.” A powerful renewable energy is contested by an energy starved world. Diplomacy teeters on the edge of collapse, and world war seems inevitable as world governments are pitted against each other for control of the source. Behind the scenes sinister motives are uncovered that once again force Delphi Taylor and Dan Fallsburn to carefully weigh whom to trust. One misstep in this political quagmire could spell certain death.

CIA secret agent Dan Martin has been dealt a shocking blow. A follow up mandatory physical has discovered that a wound inflicted in Cairo has slowly poisoned his system. He’s been told that modern medicine has nothing more to offer. The most optimistic prognosis, he has three weeks to live. The love of his life was killed volunteering with Doctors Without Borders in Aleppo, Syria, a death he had witnessed, or so he thought. The thinnest of evidence suggests otherwise. “River of RA” weaves a tenacious adventure of guts, greed, love, and devotion into a “today tale” with a “...

A diabolical scientist with serious “hate issues” and a genius for accomplishing her goals has successfully stolen a small quantity of enriched uranium from the Russian nuclear power plant during the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Her intentions go far beyond nuclear holocaust. Her goal is much more sinister. How then does Brad Reagan, an unassuming ER surgeon in Buffalo New York, figure into this dynamic? What is the thread that may tie him to an international plot to change the course of human history? And what of those that are called Shadow Walkers? Helpless to interfere, yet they ...

Many of us have been there, almost broke, down on your luck, looking for that break that would make the difference. Santana Taylor, a young seasoned bit of a roughneck with no fear of working hard and getting dirty, has an excavating business just outside of Santa Fe. His business is on life-support. His small crew is depending on him. The bank is ready to foreclose. But then, from out of the blue, an opportunity is offered that would clear his debt. An eastern consortium had plans, big plans for a new gambling resort. Rough grading to cut a trail to the site into what was described as a ...

CIA secret agent Dan Martin has been dealt a shocking blow. A follow up mandatory physical has discovered that a wound inflicted in Cairo has slowly poisoned his system. He’s been told that modern medicine has nothing more to offer. The most optimistic prognosis, he has three weeks to live. The love of his life was killed volunteering with Doctors Without Borders in Aleppo, Syria, a death he had witnessed, or so he thought. The thinnest of evidence suggests otherwise. “River of RA” weaves a tenacious adventure of guts, greed, love, and devotion into a “today tale” with a “...

Trevor County, Iowa, better known to east and west coast citizens as “flyover country,” will most likely never be in the national spotlight. The vast stretches of corn, alfalfa, wheat and feed covering mile after mile are just not that interesting. And, of course, we all know what those city slickers think of the folks thereabouts. But then again there was that dull century old barn, you know, the kind that shows signs of giving in to gravity at any moment after so many storm battering years. Suddenly this creaky structure has become pivotal in exposing a mystery no one in Trevor County...

Nebraska Deputy Sheriff Jubal Masters has had his fill of life and death challenges to deal with throughout his young life, but one recent experience will send him on a bazaar mission that, if he accepts, will leave him hanging without a government to support him. Every government on the planet wishes this mission could be accomplished, but not one will come within a thousand feet of that responsibility. Jubal’s only clue comes from a dying man in the middle of a horrific Nebraska blizzard when the man painfully pleads that the message, “There will be no tassels on the corn this year,...