I've lived in
places that grew me . . . from a small Idaho farm town, a run-down neighborhood in St. Louis, and a middle-class southern California community, to Sydney, Australia, and Bucharest, Romania. My experiences are as varied as the
places I've lived. I have a hopper full of "reality" including being
a volunteer jail chaplain and flying with a U.S. presidential candidate in his small plane
when an engine conked out. And all of this is fodder for my writing.
My latest book is
the action/adventure/suspense novel, Sealed
Up.
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About the Book:
The Da Vinci Code unsettles. SEALED UP shakes to the core!
UCLA anthropologist Nathan Hill, in a funk since his young
wife’s death, learns of staggering millennia-old chronicles sealed up somewhere
in a Mesoamerica cliff. This bombshell rocks him out of his gloom, and he
leads a clandestine expedition to uncover them. What are they? Who put them
there? No one knows. But, self-absorbed televangelist Brother Luke, who funds
the expedition, thinks
Striking Audra Chang joins Nathan in his pursuit and brings
her own shocking secret. As they struggle through a literal jungle of puzzles
and dead ends, she finds herself falling in love with Nathan. Her secret,
though, may make that a non-starter.
When a shaman with a thirst for human sacrifice, and a
murderous Mexican drug lord with a mysterious connection to Brother Luke
emerge, the expedition appears doomed. Yet Nathan is convinced that fate—or
something—demands these inscrutable chronicles be unearthed.
And if they are . . . what shattering disruption will they
unleash?
Intricately layered and remarkably
researched, this enthralling suspense-driven and thought provoking tour de
force begs a startling question: Could it happen?
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Thanks for this interview, Steve. Can we begin by having you tell us about
yourself from a writer’s standpoint?
I've lived in
places that grew me . . . from a small Idaho farm town, a run-down neighborhood in St. Louis, and a middle-class southern California community, to Sydney, Australia, and Bucharest, Romania. My experiences are as varied as the
places I've lived. I have a hopper full of "reality" including being
a volunteer jail chaplain and flying with a U.S. presidential candidate in his small
plane when an engine conked out. And all of this is fodder for my writing.
When not writing, what do you like to do for relaxation
and/or fun?
Read, photography, and be with my wife and family. With
seven children and a gob of grandchildren, they keep me young.
Congratulations on your new book! Can you give us the very
first page of your book so that we can get a glimpse inside?
NAJA, CHIAPAS, MEXICO
Nacom was dying.
Guanacaste trees
filtered the twilight into gold slivers that shimmered across Laguna Naja. The
lake bore the name of the Lacandón Maya village nestled against it. Kish squatted on the ribbon of beach that framed the giant pond and stared
at the darkening blue water. His black hair hung like string around his face,
and his white tunic draped him like a sack. Koh Maria told him to wait there.
She said her grandfather wanted to speak with him.
Kish knew what Nacom wanted.
“Who will follow a nineteen-year-old shaman,”
he groused. Guttural growls of howler monkeys sounded like mocking laughter,
and his shoulders slumped. A sharp tug on his tunic pulled him from his
petulance.
“Now,” Koh Maria said.
Kish followed her to Nacom’s hut where she pushed open two square-ish boards
hinged to weathered posts.
Would you say it’s been a rocky road for you in regards to
getting your book written and published or pretty much smooth sailing? Can you tell us about your journey?
Well, there was nothing “smooth” about it—but I’m not sure
“rocky road” describes it either. Maybe words like arduous, challenging,
frustrating, and sometimes exhilarating are better. While I had three books
published before this one, this is really my first novel written for the
general market, so there was a learning process involved too. My research was
extensive and very time consuming as I wanted this to be “real” in every sense,
so the overall research-writing phase took several years. Deciding to
self-publish was the right decision, but it added greatly to my learning curve.
All-in-all, I am grateful for all that I have learned in this journey and am very
pleased with the results—both in the book itself and in reader response.
If you had to summarize your book in one sentence, what
would that be?
Indiana Jones meets The DaVinci Code in a search for
millennia-old chronicles, and the world is changed.
What makes your book stand out from the rest?
The suspense doesn’t hit you over the head like a sledge
hammer but builds naturally and realistically. The characters are real, the
storyline is unique, and the conclusion and ramifications are literally like no
other book written. And as many readers have said, “This could really happen!”
If your book was put in the holiday section of the store,
what holiday would that be and why?
Hmm. Christmas—to be given to someone you really like. J
Would you consider turning your book into a series or has
that already been done?
Sealed Up is the first book in a three book series called:
“The Course of Fate.”
What’s next for you?
I’m in the middle of the 2nd book in the series
tentatively called, “The Council.”
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