Feature Works
Brief introductions to some of my completed and soon-to-be-completed novels.
House Upon the Sand
Third-generation Mormon Bishop, Spencer Beeby has a problem. He's lost his testimony. He's looked everywhere but it isn't where he thought he last saw it.
It seems like everywhere he looks, he is confronted by a fact, a question, a troubled soul, or a personal choice. All of them seem to be pointing him in a dark, very scary direction. An Exit.
He wants to do the right thing - be a righteous leader and worthy son of God. He also genuinely loves his neighbors and wants to help them be happy. But lately it seems he must choose between one or the other. Has life always been this difficult? Has he lost something? Is he being deceived, and if so, by whom?
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[Draft to be finished 11/30/2022.]
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DreamCast
Sixteen-year-old, Elijah Hoyt is an impulsive tech prodigy who is juggling friends, early entry into college, and a key role with a Silicon Valley startup. As the company edges closer to a breakthrough in mind-control technology, he is suddenly banned from the technology he created.
Not willing to give up his tech so easily, he recruits his closest friends, and the unlikely team discovers a breakthrough that allows them to record and share one another’s dreams. The fully immersive, high-definition, intensity of their “Dreamcast” experience is about to make the entire entertainment industry obsolete when an unknown enemy steals the technology and scatters the team.
Having lost the trust of his friends Elijah must now decide if it is worth risking their lives to go up against some of the most powerful forces on the planet. How far will he go to prevent the weaponization of this powerful technology? And who can give him a ride?
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Completed manuscript
Publication set for early 2023!
Rise of Gehenna
When the mortal veil is pierced by a revolutionary technology, a young woman becomes a business mogul, multi-billionaire, priestess, and Public Enemy Number One as she suddenly becomes the sole gatekeeper between this life and the life to come. As governments and religions fight on mortal earth, powerful, unknown forces try to gain access from the other side. She fends for herself as she tries to come to terms with the powerful portal. Not knowing who she can trust, including the being who put her in charge.
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Early draft complete
Kingmakers
Struggling to make ends meet, teenager Amalia and her mother are on the run from her abusive, alcoholic father when a new friend, introduces her to a century-old secret society with the mission of helping the downtrodden not only survive, but thrive to become pillars in their communities.
By the time Amalia realizes the organization is too good to be true, she discovers that while getting accepted into the society is incredibly rare, getting out is impossible.
Trying to right her wrongs, each small victory is met with increasing hardship and personal disaster. Now, in circumstances far worse than ever before, does she have what it takes to expose the organization and take down the individuals in charge before it can demand the ultimate payment for her betrayal?
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Rough draft