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Coven
Many things cause people to break. The most compelling is the unforgiving human concept of revenge by a lover scorned, especially if that lover is a woman and a witch.A witch who has been willing to wait a very long time to get what they want. Coven is a completed thriller/suspense novel of 115,000 words.
As the town council searches for the truth in the mysterious death of a shop owner, they uncover disturbing secrets about the ostracized female warlock and their own coven leader that makes it unclear which one may have been involved in the use of black magic and the murder. Meanwhile Bob Whitworth, a man attempting to escape his own nightmares of his past takes possession of the recently vacated shop and unknowingly purchases a talisman created specifically to control his actions which leads him on a path of deceit and destruction.
Chief of Police, Martin Daniels, uncovers information that Bob Whitworth didn't pick this town at random, but was summoned by witchcraft either by their own coven leader or the mysterious warlock. Either way, Bob becomes the vital part in a race to end the ordeal, whether dead or alive, but what Bob doesn’t know is that he is already behind in the race by about twenty years.
Last Chance
At the end of World War II, a group of men decide that the world is on the path of self destruction. They see only one hope for humanity—they have to move it to a new world—another planet where it can start over again. The problem is how to do it secretly and where to get the people. The answer they come up with is to do it with dead people. Last Chance is a science fiction /thriller novel of approximately 100,000 words.
A group of scientists discover that under certain conditions they can restart the human body. However, that is not good enough. They need a better human—a stronger human to survive the harsh environment of another planet. The answer to that problem is to change the human genome by adding characteristics such as longer life, enhanced healing capabilities and survival instincts. The source of these characteristics is from vampires and werewolves; the process is called conversion, and it works most of the time.
If the conversion is successful you go to one of the moons of Mars and integrate into the new society which will eventually make Mars their new home. If it is not successful, you are discarded to the other moon with little hope of escape. Ironically, their chance comes in a plea for help to save the new home of humanity—the world that they have been evicted from.
Evil From Above
Sitting atop the Fairfax hotel is a statue of a gargoyle. Legend says it preys on the personal desires of the living for its own delight while others claim it is just a piece of stone. Regardless of which story Sam Carlson believes, he finds himself at the center of a circle of deceit involving the people in his life and the gargoyle promises that only he can hear. The Evil From Above is a completed thriller/suspense novel of 97,000 words.
After the death of millionaire John Blythe, two mysterious women enter Sam’s life. Omni, a woman of attraction to him, who in a surprisingly short period uncovers that he is the sole heir to the Blythe millions. But there is more she knows but does not tell him. Also there is Elizabeth Berry, the executor of the estate. Her ruthless and questionable past advises caution, yet Sam allows her to become his sole confident. What power do these women hold over him and what is their connection to the stone gargoyle on the rooftop?
All of these revelations are also connected to his novel in progress which takes a bizarre turn as it begins to mysteriously mirror his own life as it choreographs what he will do next—commit murder. He must commit murder in order to get what he needs and wants. All he has to do is make a small sacrifice of a human life. However, the one point that he can no longer comprehend is whether these thoughts are his own or someone or something else's.