ABOUT THE BOOKS:
The
Third Revolution follows popular, plain-talking Montana Governor
Benjamin Kane as he walks a harrowing tightrope between his conscience
and the law. When Washington attempts to federalize major state
functions, a group of young,
reactionary lawmakers get elected to the state government and do
political battle with the overreaching federal administration. Ben and
his close-knit group of political cohorts risk all as they attempt to
rein in the radical legislature, hold the federal government at bay,
and maintain the sovereignty of their state.
Governor Kane is forced to
choose between the country he loves ... and his commitment to the
founding principles of the country he loves.
It's
been five years since Montana Governor Ben Kane led his state to an
epic standoff with the federal government. Now retired from politics,
he's
kicking back and enjoying life, running his popular Helena brewpub and
watching the buffalo renew the prairie.Then
he accepts a generous offer from a glittering, high-profile resort,
where
exotic drugs and legal sex-for-hire lure visitors and keep the
corporate profits rolling in. Everything's hugely successful —
until Ben starts wondering where all the money's going. His
investigation soon draws him to Washington, where he lands in the
middle of a bitter Presidential campaign.
Once again, Ben Kane finds himself reshaping the nation's political landscape...
A
young scientist successfully implants a human intelligence gene into
six African Grey parrots. His series of fruitful experiments is brought
to an early end when sensationalized media coverage and political
opposition threaten his university’s funding. Rather than face the
prospect of having to put the entertaining, talkative parrots to
death, he secretly places them with a retired bird breeder, safely
removing them from the public eye.
Mandy
Grant, the breeder’s 19-year-old niece, is spending the summer at her
uncle’s aviary, helping him care for his already sizable parrot flock.
She’s thrilled by the addition of the amusing Greys and quickly bonds
with the new arrivals. But when the transgenic birds breed and their
mutant, eagle-sized offspring escape, Mandy’s quiet vacation turns into
a headline-grabbing chase through the forests of New
York’s Hudson River Valley — in a dogged
effort to
rescue her Little
Birdies!
Jennifer
Goodwyn, a Cornell University graduate student, inadvertently returns
home to sleepy Ithaca, N.Y. from an archaeological dig at the
Cenacle—the purported site of the Last Supper—with an ancient bone box.
The ossuary is found to contain several pieces of early first century
stoneware, and a mysterious, tiny scroll. When the Aramaic glyphs on
the slip of crumbling papyrus are translated, they identify the humble
dinner setting as the one used by a rabblerousing Nazarene rabbi at his
Seder meal, on the evening he’d been arrested by the Romans. One
ill-considered impulse—asking a local parish priest to say Mass with
the ceremonial Seder cup—sweeps Jennifer away to churches, cathedrals,
sports stadiums, and to a powerful Cardinal's basilica to celebrate
Mass with the vessel and to exhibit it before ever-growing crowds of
believers.
But soon, all hell breaks loose. While the State
Department is aggressively seeking its return to Israel, a nationwide
political movement starts rising up around the relic. Meanwhile,
Jennifer discovers that the storied artifact is causing sickness and
even death among those who remain too long in its presence. In an
effort to stem the political mayhem and insure the safety of the
faithful, Jennifer hits the road, trying to stay one step ahead of the
feds until she can find a way to quell the growing public chaos
unleashed by the revelations of The Cenacle Scroll.
Set in
the near future, The
Last Bartender
follows Justin Gardiner, a highly-decorated Operation Enduring Freedom
sniper who returns home to work as a bartender.Just
a few years into his new career, rising healthcare costs and other
political factors lead to a new prohibition on alcohol
— all bars are closed, retail alcohol sales are halted and criminalized
and Justin finds himself out of work. Soon afterwards, Justin and his
barroom cohorts buy a rundown Catskill resort and set up an ambitious
bootlegging operation, supplying keg beer to the New York City area. Events start rapidly spiraling out of control as the Drug Enforcement Agency closes its net and the mob aggressively moves in on the moneymaking operation, leaving Justin and his friends caught in the crossfire of the opposing forces.
