Two Iraqi ex-fighter pilots lose everything in the first Gulf War and vow to wreak revenge on the United States. Numerous twists and turns, each escalating in danger and suspense, span the ensuing twenty years on a timeline that includes a captivatingly broad cast of characters. Their lives intertwine as the story unfolds, building up to a high-intensity climax which, curiously, loops back to the beginning. Set in Hawaii, California and Louisiana, the author captures the below-the-surface atmosphere of each locale as he weaves his thrilling tale. The various nodes where good and evil...

A thirty-year LAPD detective, Fred McCallister, was hoping to cruise quietly into retirement. Instead, he's drawn into an investigation of a schizophrenic serial killer, Jeffrey Dawson, who, as it turns out, only murders women who resemble his stepmother. Set in New York and Southern California, Dawson's Web is woven around a cast of supporting characters with often questionable agendas of their own. Charlene, a beautiful aspiring actress, gets involved with a not-too-bright blackmailer, Randy. Hans, a real estate mortgage broker under investigation by the SEC, becomes one of Charlene and...