Mary Gauss buys a lottery ticket with the numbers provided by Enela and was the sole winner of a multi-million dollar jackpot. She subsequently moves to Albuquerque, New Mexico and studies nursing. When her daughter, Joanne Elena (aka Jo E.), is 10 years old Mary suggests that she attend the Rockin-R's dude ranch for the summer. Joanne is not eager, but eventually agrees. All goes well until the ranch hands take a trip to Wakulla on horseback. On the way to Wakulla, Joanne experiences some pains and fears she is having her first menstrual period. When she arrives in Wakulla, she collapses in...

Welcome to the world of the Elders where the management of time and distance is child's play. The Elders were an ancient people living a calm and peaceful existence in a far corner of the universe. When one of their transports accidentally happens upon an interplanetary war, they find their people targeted for slavery or the dinner table. A lone transport captain dares to suggest a way out of the dilemma and becomes the focus of an internal squabble that threatens the life of everyone on their planet. During the final escape a small group of Elders are set adrift in space. They are pursued by...

Birth of a Savior is the the second volume in The Elder Chronicles. The Elders are an ancient humanoid race that were stranded on Earth a thousand years ago. Until today they have managed to live in secret, well hidden from the human population. Now it is 1983 and it is necessary to reduce the size of the original colony by establishing new colonies among the humans. Lisa and Nela are two Elders who travel to Arkansas to run a small farm. Along the way, they encounter several strange situations when they try to interact with the humans and many problems once they finally settle down on the...

When the farm the Lisa and Nela were establishing came to an untimely end, Lisa and her child, Enela, attempted to flee back to the butte. After a long cross-country trek, she had the butte in sight. At that moment she was struck by a semi driven by Joe Carpenter. Joe discovered that Nela's baby had survived the accident and took her home to live with him and his wife. When Mary discovered that Nela was not the sweet little human baby she originally thought she was, life became very strained in the Carpenter household. At first Nela spent her time learning about humans and the typical human...

Enela, because of her human socializing, does not fit in well with the other elders. She becomes something of a rebellious teenager. She and Ari-Ana have several conflicts. In an attempt to understand Enela, Ari-Ana talks Red Hawk into delving into her mind and memories. Enela frequently leaves the elder village and goes to a nearby butte that used to house a tribe of cliff dwellers. There she meets Mary Gauss whose father is conducting an archeological "dig" at the butte with his class of college students. Enela and Mary become very close friends. Mary shows Enela a special hidden room at...

Ever since the untimely demise of his predecessor, Homeland Security Secretary Alan Burke had at the top of his agenda locating the people who had caused that punitive executive order. He sends a request to the NRO to provide him with current satellite photography of the entire US and personally reviews each package that is sent to him from completed missions. One package, covering southern Arizona, finally produces something of interest. He sends out an order for the local FBI office to investigate. Tom Watson takes on the investigation and unexpectedly finds himself in the middle of the...

The elders who had left the Valley through the wormhole find themselves in a hot desert environment. No discernable sky, no vegetation, no water. They explore the area and discover they are in a large cell. Those that had been killed or wounded start disappearing. Ari-Ana confesses everything. Enela comes face to face with their captors. She succeeds in convincing them to provide the Elders with the necessary water. In preparing for an autopsy of a dead Elder the captors helpers let loose ravenous bacteria that infect almost all of the local population. In time the infection begins to spread...