Shadow of The Conjurer: The Antebellum South Intersects the Present in a Gothic Supernatural Fantasy of Love and Redemption - Softcover

Gierhart, Mr. "Steve"

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ISBN 10: 1938667018 ISBN 13: 9781938667015

Verlag: Ardent Writer Press, LLC, The, 2012

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Shadow of The Conjurer - The Antebellum South Intersects the Present in a Gothic Supernatural Fantasy of Love and Redemption

Huntsville, Alabama lies at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains. It is a city of historical contrasts, at once Antebellum South as well as a modern concourse of technical prowess, a research and development center for the U.S. Army and NASA.

And here is where the McNallys call home.

They are successful professionals with civilian careers with the U.S. Army on Redstone Arsenal, but their success belies a foundering marriage. Jared, an engineer, is emotionally distant. His wife, Melissa, an intellectual property lawyer, pursues an affair to fill the void left by her husband.

Tipping the scales of their flimsy bond is a journal of a young man, Jacob Thompson. In the 1830s his father, Jeremiah, owned the plantation Fiery Hill, the original boundary of which includes fifty acres now marking the McNally's home. Within the diary, Jacob professes a love for a slave girl named Nika, an African brought forcibly to America, not only with chains, but with a secret and dangerous legacy. That legacy is resurrected, and for unknown reasons targets the McNallys.

As a result, Jacob and Nika's past intersect with Jared and Melissa's present as all paths lead through an enigmatic African legend borne in the tribal myths of the Mande.

Biografía del autor:

Dale “Steve” Gierhart is a retired business manager for the United States Army. Based in Huntsville, Alabama on Redstone Arsenal, his career lasted from 1975 to 2010 in which he managed contracts, finances/accounting, and cost estimating for several missile defense systems, among which were Stinger, Avenger, Chaparral, Sentinel, JLENS, SLAMRAAM, and Non-Line of Sight. He hails from Shawnee, Oklahoma; but most of his adult life has been spent in the beautiful hills of North Alabama where he lives with his wife, Bonny, who raises Tennessee Walking Horses. Steve has 4 children, a stepson, and 7 grandchildren. Steve enjoys writing now that he is retired and plans more excursions of the imagination. He and Bonny, a retired engineer who worked as a contractor on several NASA and Army programs, will travel in their retirement though 15 horses, 4 dogs and 3 cats can crimp the best of plans. _________________________________ Steve is also the author of "A Compendium of Boards, Agencies, and Commissions in the Executive Branch of the Oklahoma State Government" which he compiled in 1975 with Billy Rowsy for the Oklahoma Legislative Council. And in another professional endeavor he wrote the article "Empowering Your Team", published in the July/August 1993 edition of Program Manager, The Journal of the Defense Systems Management College.

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• Verlag: Ardent Writer Press, LLC, The
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1938667018
• ISBN 13: 9781938667015
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 392
• Zeichner: Jones Jennifer McKenzie