Garden of No Escape

It's 2082. The Christian Alliance and Islamic Caliphate wage a war of extinction amid the worldwide Great Economic Collapse. Garden Of No Escape is a fast-paced, insightful journey into the madness of war and the tragedy of love lost and miraculously found again. The novel dissects the evil of a president gone rogue and the bravery of rebels determined to resurrect moral government. It shines a light on faith in God and ultimate responsibility for free will. After ten years of battling fedayeen warriors in Algeria, Sergeant Alejandro O'Malley is sent home. While in Washington, D.C., he gets caught up in a socialist-conservative power struggle marked by sabotage, murderous mind probes and firing squad executions broadcast on late-night punishment channels. Unchecked Islamic terrorist bombings in Washington kill tens of thousands. Both the terrorists and the Pentagon plan massive final strikes aimed at winning the decades-long war. O'Malley dreams of escaping the madness by heading west to New Mexico with the woman he loves. But the more he struggles to realize his dream, the further away it seems. Is escape ever possible?

Garden of no Escape is a fast-paced, insightful journey into the madness of war and the tragedy of love lost and miraculously found again. The novel dissects the evil of a president gone rogue and the bravery of rebels determined to resurrect moral government. It shines a light on faith in God and ultimate responsibility for free will.

I was raised in New Mexico and West Texas and have a deep affinity with Hispanic culture. I am also a veteran combat soldier who served in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division south of Hue in 1968. After that I worked as a professional journalist in Washington, D.C. for nearly 40 years. I now live in North Carolina with my wife, Judy.