Hello readers, and welcome to my website.
A few years ago, after reading several novels that I thought to be sub-par, I decided to try my hand at it. How hard could it be? To my delight, I found writing to be not only challenging, but a lot of fun. I don’t follow an outline and have no idea where the story is headed, but instead create interesting characters and throw them into difficult situations to see how they respond. This I do against the backdrop of history, using real events and people, purposely blurring the lines between fiction and reality. I’m usually as surprised at what happens as I hope you will be.
The books in this website and pictured to your right are five of the six I’ve completed to date. Only the first, Baden-Powell’s Beads, has been published. Its release date is April 10th, 2012 and can be purchased now through this website or through barnesandnoble.com. The protagonists, Homeland Security agents Patrick Dartson and Adnan Fazeph, are the duo I’ve been waiting for in the thriller genre: two men thrown together by fate who become as one. Closer than brothers, they team together in the style of James West and Artemus Gordon or Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin.
I did not set out to write a four book Beads saga, but as my research into the Zulu beads grew, the tale required it. Each book stands alone, but dovetails into the next. I’m sure the titles and covers will change, as they tend to do when a publisher gets involved, and I look forward to this creative process. Insure This! is not part of the Beads saga. Its hero is a surgeon named Chester Dartson. His son, Patrick and his son’s friend, Adnan, play a supporting role in this tale of medical intrigue. I’ve included chapters of these books in this website. With your support, we can bring them to life.
I hope you have as much fun reading them as I did in their writing.
