General Fiction

Read how the author took his emotions, and experiences and put them in poetry and short stories during a global crisis.

During the covid 19 pandemic, the world raced against time. As scientists worked to get a cure for this disease, people were locked down and kept from living the basic freedom a person can have. As people were reported dying in the thousands, and chaos was occurring around the country and around the world, the author went to his writing talents, to be able to keep a sense of sanity. During this time the world was closed, distant and not available. As you read this novel, you will feel his back and forth emotional changes he suffered. Kept away from playing sports, being with his friends and family, the writer focused on creating certain writing works as a way to record what he saw and experienced during the pandemic. Amazingly, the author creates a world of fictional characters and stories, while staying away from becoming infected with the virus. A time of historic uncertainty became this author’s time to write.

This is a story woven from the lives of three people: Andrew Lambton, a builder of bridges, Jozsef Lambton, an obstetrician, and Claire Clark, a beautiful woman whose life is bound up in theirs. Jozsef Lambton has the best possible life. He has found a satisfying profession. His wife, Barbara, is a great and good friend. He adores his daughter, Devon. What haunts him, though, are memories of his past. His father, Andrew Lambton, a former Barnardo boy, has achieved great financial success, yet, the loss of his wife, Zajac, drives him to despair. Claire Clark has survived a dark, chilling and very damaging childhood but, in her struggle to survive, she has overcome her demons. What appears to be a chance meeting between Claire and Jozsef is, instead, an important mission for Claire. She has found peace in the green hills and valleys of a small, country town, with her beloved son Dean, but the time has come to tell both Jozsef and Dean of their true relationship. Other characters are an important part of the story: a determined school teacher, a willful daughter, a forgiving son. There are equal portions of love, laughter, heartache and struggle in The Importance of Bridges. Hopefully, should you begin to read it, it will draw you in and, by means of laughter and understanding, awakened your deepest emotions.

Gyrfalcons in the 14th century were rare and very valuable. The narrator is compelled to seek and capture them in the Arctic because royalty in Egypt holds his brother in ransom. His quest is imperiled by the One Hundred Years War, the bubonic plague, and the rival ruler of Damascus.

Nicholas of Lynn, an historic geographer, invites him on a voyage to the Arctic. Officials in Greenland try to stop the quest for falcons. The three-year quest leads them to spend a year with native people, the northernmost in the world, from whom they develop new perspectives on European society and civilization.

“Afterwards”...begins with the end of Jed and Jessica Oaks’ life journey. Jed’s final act, as his sister lies dying, is to write an important letter in email form, to both his and his sister’s individual family groups. In it he explains that he and Jessica have started a very worthwhile project but time, unfortunately, has run out for them. Unless something is done, their old, bucolic farm home and animal sanctuary will cease to exist. Important decisions have been made. Seven spunky, orphaned children have been selected to come and find safe haven at Twin Oaks. Each is twelve years of age, the exact age of Jed and Jessica when they were left on their own long ago. Excellent leaders have been hired to provide for their care and support. Competent lawyers have arranged all legalities. Money is not a problem. Still, Jed recognizes even all these preparations may not be enough. His email is a request for additional help from all of them. The question is – was Jed and Jessica’s dream too much to hope for? Is there any chance of success?

THE FUGITIVE LAWYER is a fictional story about Ryan who is in an unhappy marriage while working in a New York City law and investment firm with his father-in-law.

Suspecting unscrupulous dealings with their clients, Ryan wants out of the firm. So, falsifying his own death after an unexpected car accident, he escapes from New York City. The story continues as Ryan travels to several states trying to elude the FBI who is looking for him. During his travels he meets many interesting people and tries to establish a normal lifestyle for himself.

As the Securities and Exchange Commission becomes suspicious of the firm’s dealings with their clients, Ryan’s father-in-law, A.J., flees to Cuba. Meanwhile, the story follows the adventures of A.J. as he becomes involved with drug smuggling.

A.J. is eventually apprehended and brought to trial by the DEA due to his alleged dealings with a Columbia drug cartel.

Ryan was finally located and arrested but offered immunity if he would testify against his father-in-law for the investment frauds the firm committed against their clients.

This, the third book in the Twin Oaks trilogy is action-packed. It begins with a proposal of marriage, follows with the unwanted return of Jed and Jessica’s mother, Angela, and concerns the abduction of Jed’s fiancé Ginny Miller. Terrified of the danger Ginny is in, Jed calls on the help of his old friends Thorpe Norville, Clint Kelly and Hans Weber. Each in his own voice relates his part in the combined effort to save Jed’s beloved. All they have to go on is that the kidnapper is under the influence of his brother, a paid assassin for American crime bosses. Secondary plots are developed in this story of drama and suspense. Jessica and Hans, now a married man with a young son, are reunited once more and Angela Oaks finds her true love in a simple farmer. The surprise ending is something that neither the reader nor the main characters could have ever imagined.

In the second book of the Twin Oaks Trilogy, Jessica and Jed return to their beloved farm home. At twelve years old, in On Our Own, they moved with their parents to Toronto. After only a short time, they were left to fend for themselves. Using the ‘work skills’ their grandparents had taught them as youngsters, they find a way to make their living. To achieve this, they establish a landscaping business – Yard-Boys – using their classmates as workers. With the help of their lawyer friend Thorpe Norville, the business grows and flourishes.

In Return to Twin Oaks they are sixteen and have established a reputation of being young entrepreneurs. Now old enough to return to their farm home in Birchwood, they move back to the farm house and the small town of Birchwood. At first, being alone in their grandparents’ big old home seems very strange and lonely. On their first trip into town to buy supplies, they are involved in rescuing two pups tossed out on the road by a cruel, uncaring owner. In doing so, they establish their first friendships with the Birchwood veterinarian and his assistant, Ginny. Then, while Jed is at work establishing the Birchwood branch of Yard-Boys, Jessica discovers that someone has been living in the farm house while they’ve been away and has established a way of getting into the house again. Jessica hides in the attic with the two pups, afraid that the interloper may return. A violent storm occurs while Jessica keeps watch. To her shock and surprise, a dramatic meeting takes place between Jessica and her grandmother’s ghost. Pointing the way, Grandmother Oaks sends Jessica out into the storm on a mission that will change her life forever.

An exceptional grassroots American novel. Back to the Badlands is an American short story based on a real life experience. After earning a degree from a prestigious Big Ten University, the main character faces a hostile world and an ever-changing American society. He searches his mind and his will in an attempt to find happiness, but he soon realizes that his dreams are inherently native. He confronts the plight of the Native American Sioux Indians which might in the end be his own fate too, until he meets Mary. This book has resemblances to Graham Greene’s 1940 novel, The Power and the Glory.

Inherit the Riddle is the stunning standalone sequel to the 2010 novel Windknocker. Fast-paced and action-packed, it is a hard-to-put-down tale of mystery - part comedy, and part tragedy, with an unforgettable cast of characters. But more than that, beginning in Afghanistan, it is a remarkable story of friendship that transcends generations. Independent of, it nevertheless picks up where Windknocker left off and takes readers on a memorable journey of intrigue peppered with humor, tender moments and romance. Inherit the Riddle is a powerful testament of the human spirit. Have plenty of time because you won’t want to put it down.

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly... Volume One

Born and raised a proud Washingtonian, a graduate of Howard D. Woodson Sr. High. My goal is to put our city in paperback and have a series of books written about D.C. The good; the bad and the ugly of our city. Our culture, our music and our charisma...