Coming of Age Stories

A Rivers Region Story
A 9 year old boy's parents are killed by terrorist. He goes to live with his great grandfather until he's 16 when his great grandfather dies of cancer. His parents raise him to be free thinking and independent. His great grandfather adds to the training. David wants to stay living in the house he helped to build, but the welfare authorities won't allow it. So his great grandfather helps him to be true to himself when he runs away to stay free, and he finds a new life.- 52,200 words of action.

A Story of Titia-Lohr
What does a Matriarch with too many sons do when she births yet another? What kind of life will that son have? Sharn of Jenni, son of the High Matriarch of Tran Kor finds out as his life progresses over the two decades that follow his birth. Follow the young prince as he learns about love and hatred, friendship and loyalty, life and death in the viper's pit of Cealie Vra-Kor, the dangerously beautiful capital of Tran Kor.

R.G. Donovan is a successful romance author. Yet, he's in trouble. His next great novel is due in three weeks, and he can't write a word. At the Coffee Shop, a beautiful woman asks for his help. After a short conversation, a new novel flows. Aurora Wright is a writer, but she wants to be an author. Meeting the handsome romance writer leads to a mysterious message of Love and Happy Ever After.

A Rivers Region Story
They say the Chinese have a curse - May you live in interesting times. A 15 year old boy has a major change of lifestyle forced on him. We follow along while he adjusts to the changes. However, he lives in interesting times and he must deal with them as well as rising to the challengers presented to him. Through all this his true nature shows and he changes the lives of many others in the city of Rivers, and elsewhere. Set in Australia.

There were snakes, bugs, leeches, and other pleasures to be found on walks in the delta nights.

On the eve of turning eight years old omniscient genius John Cook begins to collect the people he needs, and starts his University education in 1985 Oklahoma. Sequel to Perfect Choices

A Survivor Story (1)
A 10 year old boy survives a car crash where his family is killed. He goes to live on his maternal grandfather's ranch on the Texas / Mexican border with some of his retired Army buddies. But life there has some serious issues due to drug smugglers being angry about having their shipments destroyed by those at the ranch. Pat grows up fast while learning to be quick and accurate with a gun. - 51,400 words of adventure. / (Reviews)

This is a story based on a real person and facts about her life. I've embellished, dramatized, and taken literary license to make it more entertaining than a dry biography. I've found the facts in this story and what this woman accomplished amazing. She showed courage that many of us would be hard pressed to duplicate.

A story in the Asteroid Hunters Universe
This is the story of a young man leaving family and friends on Earth for a job. He finds friends, a new family, drama, conflict, and war. He also finds love and a path to a better future.