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There once was a very talented young artist-a wunderkind with an IQ that rivaled Newton's and Hawking's, who was hailed as the new Picasso or Matisse. Even as a child, he had gallery shows which brought him both national recognition and financial success. But events and the world conspired against him. First a series of teachers who failed to recognize the skills and talent of the young man they taught, then as an infantryman in Vietnam who p...

A one-time promising scholar in the field of arms and armor, a rising star in the field, was exposed as a thief and plagiarist destroying his career and blacklisting him from any further involvement in the academic world. He swears revenge against those who ruined his career and life as well as against the major figures in the world of arms and armament. Thus begins an international spree of serial killings in which a killer plays out his r...

There might be truth in the adage that there is no honor amongst thieves, but scholars and academics are supposed to behave honorably at all times. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Decades ago, a young researcher made a discovery that could have propelled him to the top of the world of British archaeology. In Wales he located a monument that came to be known as the Gawain Stone-the burial place of the legendary Sir Gawain of Arthu...

The Song of Roland, the national poem of France, is one of the most famous epics of the Middle Ages and has been translated many times from Old French into Modern English. The poem recounts the famous Battle of Roncevaux fought between the rear guard of Charlemagne's army and the Saracens-a battle which cost the lives of thousands including Charles's nephew, Roland, and his best friend Oliver. Now a madman suffering from the delusion that he...

A doctoral candidate working in the British Library discovers a centuries-old volume containing the secrets of the Knights Hospitallers, one of the military orders of warrior monks who participated in the Crusades and established a hospital in Jerusalem for the healing of injured pilgrims and crusaders. Embedded in that codex is a piece of parchment-a written confession-that has the potential to turn the world of Christianity on its end. Fol...

A young architect requests a personal day to arrange a payment plan to cover the expenses of his late mother's cancer treatment. He goes through seven levels of corporate management making his request and is denied by all of them. He is told that he must report to work the next day-September 11, 2001. He, along with 2752 other souls perished when the twin towers of the World Trade Center fell in the worst terrorist attack on American soil in ...

Sir Arthur Hyde-Stanforth, Bart. was the world's leading authority on arms and armour. He was also the curator of Her Majesty's Arms Museum in the Tower of London. And he was the dear friend and mentor of Professor Bradley Davison of Queens College. Brad had done a year-long internship with Sir Arthur and during that time, he had learned volumes from the man who became like a father to him. When Brad is informed that Sir Arthur had been murd...

Few themes in world literature are as pervasive as the Quest of the Holy Grail. A staple of Arthurian Literature in both England, France, Germany and even Holland, the Grail has fascinated authors for nearly nine hundred years. Legend tells us that Joseph of Arimithea, a disciple of Christ, took the cup to England after the crucifixion and established a Christian community there. But so confusing are the stories, that some authors and schola...

It was supposed to be a family vacation in upstate New York. Professor Brad Davison of Queens College and his family would spend two weeks with NYPD Inspector Mag Goldman and his family at a resort to wind down from a long school year and from the Robin Hood Horde serial murders. But when a series of murders occur at The Rectory, an old mansion that had once been a station on the Underground Railroad in pre-Civil War America, Mag and Brad are...

One of the most enduring legends in all literature is that of Robin Hood and his Merry Men. Since the twelfth century, the mysterious outlaw has occupied a prominent position in the minds of all Englishmen. But was there actually a Robin Hood? Was he a real person or a compilation of other English outlaws whose exploits grew as his story passed from century to century? A major feature of the legends has Robin robbing from the rich and giving ...

A recently released mental patient from the Fishkill Correctional Facility and a failed doctoral student in English Literature has convinced his psychiatrists that he has been rehabilitated. That was anything but the truth. Now he wants revenge against all those who he feels ruined his academic future by dismissing his dissertation project as utter nonsense. Years of court-ordered imprisonment had not tamped down his desire to pay back his t...

In 1539, Glastonbury Abbey, one of the great holy houses in England, was ordered suppressed by King Henry VIII. One of the largest and richest monasteries in the country, Glastonbury was the site of the tomb of King Arthur and it attracted tens of thousands of pilgrims every year to worship and visit the shrine of the great legendary king. But when the king sent his soldiers to destroy the tomb and despoil the abbey, when they arrived at Glast...

In a city not unaccustomed to murder as a daily staple of print and broadcast journalism, someone has found a new method of killing: a serial killer is terrorizing New York City with a series of brutal murders more apropos of the fourteenth century than the twentieth century. The killer is using caltraps-a medieval device for laming horses on a battlefield.The NYPD enlists the aid of Dr. Bradley Davison of Queens College, a noted authority on ...

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A continuation of the Buck Fisher Story as presented in The Sideman: A Novel of The Big Band Era. Now a music industry executive, Buck discovers many new Jazz and Rock n Roll performers. Set against the historical backdrop of the post World War II Era, A Change of Key presents America during the Korean War, the McCarthy Era, and the rise of new genres of music.

The three former CIA agents track, and then lose, Charles Lowandowski on the island of Vanuatu where he starts the process of creating yet another identity. Temporarily relocating to the Philippines, he finishes the transformation to Anthony Charles. With the help of a retired professor, the new Anthony Charles applies and is accepted to the University of Zurich. While a student, Charles falls in love and ultimately pays the price for doing so.

1 in 6 people suffer from brain diseases like MS, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's. Now, a Harvard neurologist takes you inside the brain under attack-and illuminates the path to a cure.Multiple Sclerosis. Parkinson's Disease. Alzheimer's. ALS. Chances are, you know someone with a neurologic disease. Because the brain controls so much and is integral to our identity, the diseases that affect it are uniquely devastating both to patients and familie...

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A Novel of Elizabethan England's most scandalous murder trial.

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