The Alliance and the Promise were born in a novel titled We the Enemy.
Originally inspired by a remarkable book about how the historical relationship between men and woman has been master/serf rather than partners, The Chalice and the Blade, I wrote a novel to explore ideas on how to use the idea of partnership in society to address social ills such as gun violence, a broken justice system, and our fragmentation into divisive groups. That was in, roughly, 1995.
Then Columbine happened
The spark that lit my literary fuse was the Columbine shootings in 1999. That incident pushed me into self-publishing a primitive early version titled The Enemy in 2000. I've withdrawn it because it wasn't ready for prime time. But the need didn't go away, and the dream didn't die.
Today, it's a powerful novel
We the Enemy is now available in ebook editions at Amazon Kindle and Smashwords, and a paperback edition is in production.
We the Enemy is a story of vision and scope told in the style of a thriller, and it delivers on a premise that touches each of us—how can we prosper in this troubled world?
The very nature of criminal justice and self defense is changing in the Pacific Northwest—criminals compelled to tell the truth in court, guns converted to nonlethal weapons.
The president aims to win opposition votes by taking down the man behind it all, Noah Stone. His weapon is Jake Black, an ex Secret Service agent.
Living an emotionless existence after the killing of his wife and little girl, Jake is a cold-blooded gun for hire. Taking care of Stone nets him a million dollars and that’s all that matters. A fog of numbness in his mind smothers everything else—especially the grief he cannot bear.
He goes undercover to get close to his target and finds that Stone is a decent man who leads people to better lives—but then a treacherous attack threatens to destroy the hope Stone fosters.
Jake is the one man who can keep that hope alive, but only if he betrays his mission—and if he can find his way to feel again.
