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The story of Tilman Manus is compelling. Born in the middle Tennessee hills in 1835 when Andrew Jackson was President, he learned early the meaning of hard work. Leaving Cannon Country to transport the Wallace family to Shreveport, Tilman and Uncle James decide to seek a future in the fertile Mississippi River land of Union County, Illinois.

All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. But when one of his professors offers to send American grad student Jack Farmer to Europe to do historical research in Amsterdam’s Begijnhof—a peaceful closed community in the heart of the bustling Dutch capital—Jack looks forward to a summer of mostly play and not much work. Then he meets Jet Schilders, an attractive young nurse who takes care of the elderly woman next door, and realizes that his summer in The Netherlands might just turn out to be even more fun than he'd hoped.

International oil exploration normally attracts large companies, big money, giant egos, and unscrupulous corruption. Against this backdrop, Montana-born geologist Jake Tillard pursues his dream to discover natural gas in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Unprepared for a nasty battle to control a previously worthless patch of desert, Jake encounters murder, kidnapping, espionage, and blackmail. Helped by a desert Bedouin, he struggles to outwit Israeli power brokers, Islamic fanatics, and US government agents to save his daughter and achieve his dream.

The Day Star hangs high above the realm, shining down a violet light upon all the land day and night. Those born under it, when the star shines at its brightest, are cursed with an affliction known as the Shadow Sight. It calls to them from the reaches of the cosmos. It speaks to them. It watches them. It allows them to perceive the unfathomable creatures of the Void.

In this final book of the Sinai Trilogy, Jake and Libby expand their business globally, while fighting off threats and attacks by their Russian partners and bad actors from Australia. Greed, egos, and revenge lead to surprising twists and turns, as the principals from Pimple Creek Enterprise travel from Denver and Montana to Egypt, Russia, Congo, Australia, and other locations around the world. Rich descriptions of people and places transport the listener into situations typically endured by global geological explorationists.

A lonely antique store owner is haunted by the ghost of her daughter; an entire rural hamlet festers, left for dead after the global pandemic; a man is lured to madness by an enthralling siren’s call; an artist is plagued by nightmarish vision and finds himself trapped in his own painting; a dead girlfriend, vengeful and jealous, seeks revenge on her very much still living boyfriend; have you ever wondered why some corn is just so…sweet? This volume contains a selection of dark tales exploring life (and death), grief, mystery, and horror.

Jake Tillard is back in Egypt with his flame Libby Joyce. Their geologic training leads to a gold prospect in the shadows of St Catherine’s monastery. Once again the science is simple compared to problems created by Russian and Chinese partners. Greed, blackmail, activism, and murder conspire to derail Jake and Libby from producing gold in the shadow of the mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments. Sinai Gold provides twists, turns, and rich descriptions from the Middle East to Moscow to Montana, with a surprise around every corner.

You all know the date in the history books that symbolized the end of the greatest country in the world, the United States of America. In truth, we hadn't been great for a long time, just a superpower with a lot of money to burn. But on that date, everything changed. During some concise years, other countries found a way to become a far better alternative to us. And fed-up people, many of whom were told to go back where they came from, decided to do as they were told and went back where they came from by the millions. And I saw it all go down.