The psychological thriller novel, "One Pound," is a macabre story that explores the intricate layers of identity, manipulation, and deception. In "One Pound," we follow the journey of three seemingly distinct characters: Mr. Templeton, a mysterious and enigmatic figure; Ms. Ping, an intelligent and cunning woman; and Verlicht Pad, a tall and intriguing individual. As the story unfolds, it becomes evident that these characters are, in fact, different facets of the same person. Set against the backdrop of the Lake District, the novel delves into the mind of Mindy Docket, a Coke drinking, hard charging, nasty boss who gains a pound a day, Carl Whitmire who stutters his way into a mental institution, and Brent Smith, a man obsessed with uncovering the truth behind a series of inexplicable events. Determined to understand the methods behind the mind games and tricks played on him and his loved ones, Brent embarks on a mission to confront the enigmatic figures manipulating their realities. As Brent navigates a web of secrets and lies, all three embark on quests taking them on a roller-coaster ride through psychological twists, eerie revelations, and unexpected connections. The story challenges the boundaries between reality and illusion, questioning the nature of perception and the depths of the human mind. "One Pound" weaves suspense and mystery, exploring themes of identity, control, and the power of perception. With an interesting narrative structure and compelling characters, the book offers a mind-bending experience that will keep readers guessing until the final page. 

 After his near-death experience, Robert is put back together by the Spyderbots, but he has discovered that their procedure has changed many of his abilities and has drawn Koko into many of them. Using his abilities to his advantage, he goes after the person who betrayed him, leading the team all over the globe in a hunt for the truth. The landscape of nations changes during his absence, and Robert Tetter has to face the reality that his Spyderbots can be used against him if he isn't careful.

  In the fourth installment of The Robert Tetter Chronicles, Robert meets his fate in China, while extricating the scientists from a Tibetian village. The dynamics of New World have put Robert's Departments in direct conflict with the Department of Health. They discover that Tetter's team is the intended target in Qinghai, in the newest formed nation, a Hong Kong-style capitalist city in the Mongol region along the Silk Highway. They must fight their way out of several situations, returning to Qinghai to find the mole in the New World. 

 The third book in the series "The Robert Tetter Chronicles. This hexology is a post pandemic dystopian world ruled by despots on one side and modern technology developed during the quarantine period on the other side. Laborbots do all manual labor. While some nations have embraced the value, others have not, instead raging war against the Minister of Peace (Tetter) for NewWorld, the creator of Laborbots. With his elegant, tall Japanese housekeeper (Koko), who doubles as an assassin, Robert Tetter writes subversion literature by day and leads a mercenary team by night. In book three, he has amassed a team of skilled warriors, and the enemy takes the battle to Robert, setting up a hidden compound in the Angeles Mountains. Complicating matters, Robert's younger brother and retired Marine Corps father want to join his team. Just as Robert's family contributes, we learn that Koko's family, likewise, has certain warrior skills. 

 The second novel in the Robert Tetter Chronicles, set a half year later, (2025) six months into global vaccinations of a virus that killed 6 billion people. Robert and Koko now come into a post pandemic world where some nations are rebuilt and some are swallowed. They also come into a post-pandemic world where the company NewWorld has provided Laborbots, bots that farm, pick, and process for New California and all of the west coast. After the vaccination, the west coast discovered a unique political freedom because “Labor” ceased to be a profession. Food and housing were free. With that came clashes between the common man and those who still wanted to hold power over nations. Without a connected workforce, authoritarianism, and the resolve to not allow laborbots, created civil wars across the globe. Robert's growing team of mercenaries have to extract the scientists responsible for the cure. .

 I had helped divide a nation as a subversive political writer. In the middle of a critical pandemic I helped usher in the use of Laborbots for our everyday labor. Bringing the sons of Dr. Sakura Tetter into my home would bring more trouble than I was prepared for since the middle son was Patient Zero for the virus vaccine. My wife had died and I violated quarantine getting them to my home.
The company I worked for sent me a housekeeper to help the transition. A five-foot-ten beauty queen, the Japanese housekeeper arrived bringing the traditional culture to my sons that my famous late wife would approve of. The boys adored her and I found myself smitten. I thought she came to take care of my boys. Instead, she came to take care of me, and along with my Spyderbots helped me lead the world into a new era. 

Could you give up your past for an everlasting beauty? Could you give up your memories to maintain that beauty? Dr. Jax Mason, a plastic surgeon for the city of Gospel, is the puppet of his own marionette dreams. He has given so much beauty to so many people he is unaware what real ugliness is. Unaware until he finally gets the chance to look in the mirror. Realizing what horrors he's performed, he fights the city he helped create to fix all that he has done to destroy the lives of so many people. That's the Gospel truth.

 Life can be morally ambiguous, but when push comes to shove, what side of right and wrong can be the difference between upright and horizontal. Danny Gates and Lyle Thibodeaux lock into a moral battle of loyalty vs self preservation in the ultimate immovable object meeting the irresistible force. This cat and mouse game begins on a Monday and ends on a Friday. Half a small community is terrorized by a blonde bombshell attorney, and her brother helps her battle a six-ten farmer who isn't ready to die. 

 Socializing those first years of school, the playground became our retreat from the daily ritual of creating the productive souls we were expected to be behind the desks of elementary education.

We gravitated to games as simple as Four Square, and in the process learned to compete, to share, to gather memories for a lifetime. Our memories were shaped by those around us, by the games we played, by the pets we took care of.

Four authors give their unique but universal take on life, on people and pets no longer here and people and pets still impacting our lives. 

 Conversations III is a little more thematic. I have several pieces which have multiple stories attached. I describe my childhood and the people involved, as well as my experiences as a dad. What is found in Conversations III is a thread of me, one that is shared by you, but with a clearer definition of who I am. I invite you to see the person I am in the stories I tell, again, the real stories of the life I've lived, one which in many ways, is parallel to the one you live.