NOVELS & SHORTS
By jazzdogTHE BIFURCATION OF DUNGSTEN CREASE
When an ordinary man discovers he’s an obsolete tool created by a defunct galactic corporation, he must run from government agents and galactic assassins. No one ever said being a galactic tool would be easy.
In the course of a morning, after resurrecting a dog and finding the woman in his daydream dead on the floor, Dungsten Crease locks himself in a cafe men’s room, hoping his nightmare will end. Instead, Sam, a lanky alien mentor in bicycling gear, appears. Dungsten learns he is both a human and a prototype Shaper, a genetically programmed tool designed by the now bankrupt Phoenix Interstellar Planet Share Corporation to terraform planetary experiences for vacationing clients.
Pursued by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) operative, Dungsten unwittingly bifurcates, creating a duplicate of himself. Unfortunately, bifurcation has side effects: loss of bladder control, an erection lasting more than four hours, paralysis, and death. Running from forces hell bent on capturing or killing them, the two Dungstens run for their lives. Racing to master his abilities, can Dungsten pull himself together before it’s too late? And if having his government after him wasn’t enough, a Galactic Business Council assassin, Sandarian Megaleez, has come to Earth with one purpose in mind: Kill Dungsten Crease.
On the Big Island of Hawaii, Roger comes face to face with his assassin. To survive, he must simultaneously be in three different locations, preventing a nuclear catastrophe, keeping the woman he loves alive, and avoiding his own assassination.
No one ever said being a galactic tool would be easy.
The Alchimeia Series
A masterful blend of fantasy with historical fiction in the vein of Wesley Chu’s TIME SALVAGER and Stephen King’s 11.22.63, except in this case, dying to save the future one page at a time. Love it!
Ken Atchity- author and film producer
VENGEANCE OF GRIMBALD: Book II of the Alchimeia
By Richard Hacker
Battling evil through time and death.
Addison and Jules, members of the League, a secret alchemist society of Inkers who protect the time continuum, believe they defeated their enemy, Cuthbert Grimwald, known to them as Kairos. When he resurfaces filled with vengeance, intent on destroying the League, and acquiring the Alchimeia, a book of such power the League has hidden it for millennia, Grimwald leaves a path of destruction across centuries. As he quests for absolute control of reality, Addison and Jules pursue him through time and death in a desperate struggle to save the world from his vengeance.
DIE BACK: Book I of the Alchimeia
By Richard Hacker
To save the future he must die in the past, and as often as possible.
Six hundred years after a fifteenth century scryer gains the alchemical knowledge to create a dark future in his own image, Addison Shaw inherits a destiny: to fight this ancient war that threatens all he loves with extinction. Using an alchemical pen, he writes himself into past lives, leaving his body in the present. Upon completion of his mission, he must die in order to break the link and return home. While his enemy, Kairos, plays a three-dimensional chess game across the centuries, with each ‘Inking’, Addison’s world shifts further into chaos. From ancient Alexandria to modern Tokyo, Addison and his fellow Inker, Jules, fight a time war against Kairos. After Jules is murdered in the present and her consciousness trapped in an Inca princess five hundred years in the past, Addison, alone and close to defeat, realizes that the only way to save his world is to destroy it.
Published by Del Sol Press, DIE BACK and VENGEANCE OF GRIMBALD are available now at Amazon in Paperback and Kindle eBook! Click on the cover to buy now.
Nick Sibelius Crime Series
After a murdered partner, a cheating wife and a lost job in Houston, Nick Sibelius sets up a private investigation business in a small Texas town hoping to find some peace and maybe, himself. When two lovers disappear and a fisherman turns up dead, he finds himself drawn into a web of crime and deceit involving MaryLou, a beautiful woman with a mysterious past; Junior, a failed farmer whose best intentions seem to always result in a dead body; and Barry, a sociopathic dentist turned illegal toxic waste entrepreneur with a violent right wing agenda. When the felon who killed Nick’s partner in Houston joins forces with Barry, Nick must not only stop the toxic waste dumping while finding his client’s missing daughter, but keep from being killed in the process. In the end, MaryLou’s dark secret will either save him or kill him — whichever comes first.
A full-flavored Texas novel worthy of your attention!
Hacker masterfully weaves his plot through the cultural fabric of the Lone Star State. A smart novel chocked full of great characters.
Brian Braden, Underground Book Reviews
This book was so entertaining. The writing was great, and the storyline is so original that you won’t find anything like it… —The Book Sirens
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One thing Nick Sibelius knows for sure—his wealthy new client, Texas entrepreneur Dan Hoyt, is ‘all hat and no cattle’. When an open and shut case of vandalism leaves more questions than answers, Nick must untangle a knot of egomania, desire, and greed. Unknown to Nick, his client, having made a deal with virtual gaming icon, Izzy Zydeco, to partner in a desalination project, is already counting his money. And unknown to Hoyt, his new partner has bigger and more insidious plans requiring the betrayal of a major drug cartel and contaminating the Austin water supply for the next century. Working with covert Homeland Security agent and past love, MaryLou, and his new colleague, Theresa, Nick must thwart Izzy and ultimately choose between justice and saving Theresa’s life. H2O is up for grabs and Nick discovers in Texas, water is a deadly business.
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Nick Sibelius’ latest client, Dillon, appears to be the victim of a grudge between competitive bass fishermen. When suspects start dying at the hands of a serial killer known as the Musikillogist, he discovers Dillon has stumbled into a plot with national ramifications. Hoping to pass the case to the Texas Rangers, he is instead recruited to head the Governor’s special task force. He learns the Governor’s major campaign contributor and secret lover, Bruce Reynolds, has a plan to secede from the Union, resurrecting the Republic of Texas. Faced with Reynolds’ serial killer hit woman and a remotely controlled drone air force, Nick makes a desperate attempt to prevent civil war, the destruction of the Governor’s political career, and his client’s unnatural demise. Secessionists, drones, and serial killers: nowhere else but Texas.
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SHORTS
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When a hit man’s thoughts stray to the woman he’s been paid to kill, his life takes an unexpected turn.
Can he change his ways or will death be a constant companion?
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