"Testimonies" is the third novel in a series called "Witnesses." It consists of several narratives about people who are determined to improve their lives in spite of major hindrances. They contend with such obstacles as war, plague, corruption, inner waywardness, and the ambitions of a cult that has turned destructive. Do the main characters give up on their goals or do they persist in quests for renewal of life for themselves, for people close to them, and for the communities they belong to?

"Send Me" is the 5th and last novel in a series called "Witnesses," which creates a picture of part of America's heritage, from the late 17th century to the recent past. It includes stories about warfare and recovery, crisis and healing, evil and the courage to overcome it. In "Send Me," long-standing conflicts resolve, Paul Kingsley, the writer who explores America's heritage, achieves most of what he set out to do, and his editor, Stephanie Markham, finds stability and satisfaction after times of trouble and turmoil.

Paul Kingsley -- journalist, teacher, veteran, story-writer -- writes fiction about two wars three centuries apart from each other and their effects on the lives of ordinary people. He also joins a fight in the near-present against a destructive cult called the Scythians whose leaders believe they are involved in a movement that will reform the world. As well, the story features Kingley's editor -- Stephanie Markham, who has reasons of her own to battle the Scythians. Like Kingsley, she explores and wrestles with the nature of America and parts of the country's history. This is the first of...