Tujunga is a chilling murder mystery that raises the possibility of a government cover up to protect the integrity of the United States space exploration program. At the center of this scientific thriller are two very different love stories that play in heartbreaking detail as the full scope of a young scientist’s mysterious death is revealed.
What transpires between the central characters of Tujunga in their quest for answers will surprise you at every turn. It’s a novel full of shocking revelations about the world of space and science that also documents the societal constraints some American heroes faced in the 20th century. Astronaut Curt Mc Killon will impress you and break your heart, all at the same time
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Acknowledgements
Prologue Williamsburg, Virginia (1971)
Chapter 1 On Fortitude
PART 1: Los Angeles (2005): In search of truth
Chapter 2 To reclaim a pleasure
Chapter 3 Inspiration is often accidental
Chapter 4 Unintended consequences
West Virginia (1954-55)
Recollections
Chapter 5 There’ll always be adversity
Chapter 6 No matter the struggle
Chapter 7 Her hesitation said many things
Chapter 8 Left in the dark
Los Angeles (2005)
A Journey
Chapter 9 On a treasure hunt
Chapter 10 Pours joy into the void
Chapter 11 Like a snake on a tree
Williamsburg (1971)
Preparations
Chapter 12 Imprints on the sand
Chapter 13 The wedding March
Chapter 14 Resist her apparent anguish
Chapter 15 Assurance he would be safe
Los Angeles (2005)
Spiritual Guidance
Chapter 16 Serendipity is a force in nature
Chapter 17 A woman’s intuition
Chapter 18 Needle in a haystack
Langley AFB (1971)
A Revelation
Chapter 19 Life is the sum of trivial acts
Chapter 20 White gold dripping from a celestial vat
Chapter 21 As it should always be
Chapter 22 A passion within
Vandenberg AFB (1972)
In Flight
Chapter 23 Deeply miss my universe
Chapter 24 In the absence of light
Hampton, VA (2005)
Resolution
Chapter 25 Water on oil fire
Chapter 26 In commemoration
Epilogue Los Angeles, 2005
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With 32-years experience in Emergency Medicine, the premise for my stories often arises from my medical knowledge. In my latest novel, Tujunga, I developed a very credible conspiracy that challenges two separate love stories, which become intertwined by their efforts to resolve personal conflicts. In this book, I incorporated a conspiratorial manner that has been compared to that of Dan Brown.
As the third son of a divorced woman who raised five successful children in a foreign land, I often instill on my female protoganists the strengths I admired of my mother. Only recently did I realize the influence of her love for the drama in Mexican telenovelas: it is my common thread to many contemporary ‘Hispanic’ authors (generically, I’ve termed it vivid romantic realism – in the fashion of Carlos Ruiz Zafon).
For my love of adventure, I have done much international travel, and these multicultural experiences have provided me with a rich assortment of backdrops for my stories. In Tujunga, my characters travel from the San Fernando Valley to the California high desert, and cross-country to The Hamptons in Virginia. A second journey tracks from The Gambia in Africa to the far side of the moon. I aspire for the scene setting of Ernest Hemingway.
Happily retired, I now live in southern Florida with my life-partner.
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