Tag: adventure
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Teaser – Roland: of pirates and patriots
Roland: of pirates and patriots – chapter one September, 1800, somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean The sun was dying again, extinguished by the horizon of water in the distance. The wispy clouds above looked like the eyebrows of an old man. They turned slowly from white to orange to dark gray. Then they were gone,…
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Roland: of pirates and patriots
Roland: of pirates and patriots is in the “alternative history” genre, but maybe more of a “secret history”. It is the “how it happened” that makes this novel engaging. The United States almost ceased to exist in 1814. Based around true events and actual people, Roland is set in the very early 1800’s, a critical time for America…
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Excerpt 1 from Renaissance, a thriller
I’ll be posting excerpts from my novel, Renaissance. Here’s the quick synopsis first. First: Renaissance is not about the Renaissance; it’s about a man—and a world—that undergoes a renaissance, a rebirth. This book is of a mixed genre but mostly an adventure, a thriller flavored with financial and political seasoning; it is tightly plotted and engagingly intricate, but…