Wild-Side Today I was moving fast. Far faster than was safe, given the three-quarter moon, the rough terrain, and the dangers of the creatures stalking the wilderness. They called it the Forbidden Zone for a reason. Actually, they had a lot of names for it, but none captured the horror that the people of that world felt for the untold miles of untouched forest surrounding one of their few small cities. The city walls had been enough to keep the denizens of Wild-Side safe until …

My new book is tentatively called Sleepwalker. While the name and content are subject to change, I’ll use this site to publish a new chapter each week. As of today, that’s a 29-week commitment. That’s intimidating, but it will motivate me to hammer out the second draft and maybe get some eyeballs on it along the way. Unlike my other books, Worlds Collide is intended to be a one-and-done release. This isn’t the start of a new series. And for better or worse, the page …

The latest releases in the Cyrus Cooper series have been in the works for a long time, but I think the new books will be worth the wait. After the big reveal at the end of Halon-Seven, there were so many directions I could take the story. My problem was that I liked many of them so much that selecting a path was difficult. As the title suggests, Surviving Origin (SO) brings the fringe technology cult into focus. The group was peripherally mentioned in Rouge …

It has been a while since my last published book, but that hasn't been for a lack of writing. If anything, it's because I have been working on too many projects at once. Today, I released the first book in a new series, Black Rock: The Rising, Death Curse.   While my past books have been primarily action/thriller with a twist of sci-fi, this book trends a little more toward the supernatural with concepts like remote viewing, mysterious disappearing islands, and witches burned at the …

The latest release in the Cyrus Cooper thriller series is now available in Kindle e-book format and trade paperback at Amazon and other major book retailers.  Though Halon-Seven is book #4 in the series, it also works well as a standalone introduction to the series.  New readers are offered a heart-pounding introduction to Cyrus Cooper.  Fans of the series will find him at a pivotal new point in his life.  If you’re new to the series, Halon-Seven offers tantalizing hints about Cyrus’s past.  Some secrets …

Book #3 in my Cyrus Cooper thriller series is available today.  This is part two of the Rogue Faction story arc, and the conclusion of an important transition in the character’s life.  The book is available now for all Kindle compatible devices.  The print version will ship in approximately two weeks. The books are serialized, in that the events of each new release build on everything that has come before them.  One of the things I did to try and make this obvious is to …

The second book in my Cyrus Cooper series went on sale through Amazon first thing this morning.  Rogue Faction Part 1 is the first half of a pair of novels that comprise a single larger story.  It has everything you would expect: murder, mystery, mayhem, and lots of action.  If you were wondering what comes next for Cyrus Cooper after the events in Dangerous Minds, I don’t think you will be disappointed.  Cyrus is back in action, this time working a new case that’s near and …

The blog tour: one author tags three others, and they share information about themselves and their work.  In this case, J. Kent Holloway has tagged me.  You can read his blog post here. 1) What am I working on? I am in the process of pulling together revisions on the final drafts of book #2 and #3 in the Cyrus Cooper series.  The books will be titled Rogue Faction Part 1 and Part 2, respectively.  The project was too big to fit into a single …

I’m excited to announce the release of the first novel in the Cyrus Cooper thriller series: Dangerous Minds!  I was trying to get it posted and available on Amazon.com for June 1st, but I actually beat the deadline by 2 days.  So while June 1st was the official launch date, those who were watching Amazon closely, noticed that the book arrived slightly ahead of schedule. Here’s the copy that’s currently displayed with the book on Amazon: When test subjects participating in secret experiments begin to mysteriously die, …

I’ve made a lot of changes since my last post.  Not the least of which include new titles for the books.  While I liked what I had previously, those titles seemed more pretentious than they did creative.  And while the original titles were good because they were unique, the new ones are more down to earth and simple.  So why did I like the originals so much in the first place?  First of all, they were creative and highly relevant to each novel.  But just as importantly, each title was …