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10-Stop Interactive Blog Tour, November 10-19, 2020 via Lone Star Literary Life bloggers and reviewers. Schedule of bloggers TBA.

Deus Tex Machina is LIVE on Amazon. Available for Kindle or in paperback.

Accumulating short stories and polishing them for an anthology. Includes: Simpatico, The Blue Chip, The Heelstring Feed Sack Tote, and more.

Le Morte d'Author is published in the Fall 2020 quarterly issue of The Strand Magazine. Available at all bookstores.

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THE STORY

The Roman province of Palestine was a nexus for all trade routes as goods passed through to the empire. The natives chafed under the yoke of the occupiers. They longed for someone to deliver them from subservience.

Enter Nikolaos, a caravan master, who has been from Iberia to the Orient, crossed mountains, deserts, rivers, and seas. He is a clever man, gifted with languages, naturally inquisitive, a convincing liar, and prone to larceny.

This time passing through Palestine, his dear older brother is killed by bandits. Disconsolate, Niko vows to quit the caravansary, but he recognizes an opportunity in Judea where a madman prophet proclaims that a redeemer is at hand. Using his unique talents, and aided by a small band of co-conspirators, Niko aims to fill the role of the prophesied messiah.