This is Tyner's first novel. As a researcher he's deeply imbedded in history, business, religion and politics. He worked 30 years as an executive recruiter in Los Angeles and Northern California. Peter served three years in the Army's 101st Airborne Division with southerners, northerners, blacks and whites, participating in civilian crowd control during that turbulent period of civil rights demonstrations. Peter Tyner lives in the Sierra foothills of Northern California with his wife Laurel, a pastel artist.