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THE FAITH: Book I of the Uprising Trilogy

They've killed the king. They've replaced him with an imposter. Now they want his twin.

     Nathaniel Fletcher and Viscount Logan Harling are two young Englishmen on their Grand Tour through Europe. But when they stumble into a plot to kill the King of Riktenburg, it's all they can do to stay alive.
     A ruthless secret society known only as the Faith butchers the king, ending the monarchy that has betrayed the divine right of kings. The radicals replace him with a master imposter and order the execution of the dead king's twin brother.
      Logan and Nathaniel are the only ones who can stop Rikenburg from descending into tyranny. But how can they save the kingdom and their own lives when they're being chased by the Faith?
     The Faith is the action-packed opening to the Uprising Trilogy.
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THE INVASION: Book II of the Uprising Trilogy

The king is restored. The country is safe. But the enemy is coming.

     Nathaniel Fletcher, Logan Harling, and Jacob Douglas have already saved the Kingdom of Riktenburg once. After ousting a group of religious radicals, the Faith, from power, they've put King Phillip back on the throne. Celebrating their success, the men get married and hope to settle down in their new lives.
     But nearby Austria has seen the turmoil in Riktenburg as its chance to swallow the tiny kingdom into its growing empire. And the Faith too wants revenge. Together, Austria and the Faith gather their armies and rally their people. They will also have the help of a Riktian traitor: Joseph Klein, once the king's friend and minister of war. Now, he wants blood to run through the streets of Riktenburg.
     Facing this threat, King Phillip dispatches Nathaniel, Logan, and Jacob on a secret mission to Austria.
     Their goal: assassinate Joseph Klein and prevent the invasion the whole world knows is coming.
     The Invasion is the next installment in the heart-racing Uprising Trilogy.
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GREY SHORE OF CONSCIENCE



     Grey Shore of Conscience, the novella I wrote about a court-martial in the Royal Navy of the Napoleonic Era was picked up by The Long Story, the only literary journal in North America which publishes longer pieces. Since I wrote it for a class on law and literature, Nebraska Law posted a link here.

FINDING THE CAROL: A Charles Dickens' Christmas Story


     Christmas is approaching fast in Victorian London. The snow is falling, carolers bustle about the streets, and all the while, Charles Dickens — England's greatest author — slaves away over A Christmas Carol, his new masterpiece. The story will be his tour de force against the evils of poverty in England. Surely, it will force the rich to look at the beggars with pity and honor the Christmas spirit, he thinks. But when Dickens loses the manuscript amid the snowfall, he has a thing or two to learn about Christmas himself . . .
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