Casey Raymond's gasless cars and space-age houses have left the economy in turmoil. As assassination attempts mount, he must decide between the joy of raising his baby girl or the agony of giving her up to keep her safe. "Fatherless" is the second part of an action-adventure trilogy that spans twenty years and three presidential administrations, a panoramic epic examining the costs of empowerment, the price of intimacy, and the simple affirmation of the value of oneself.

A sculptor who gives himself amnesia so he can critique his work objectively. A World War II private, training for D-Day, who writes the president with a scheme to bring down the German economy. A foreman who must transport a two-ton block of stone using only brute strength and brains. A woman, disguised as a man, who fights in the American Civil War. A surveillance expert who owes his success to a flying saucer. From ancient times through the present and into the future, these fifteen stories of adventure, passion and discovery explore the distant connections between those who serve their countries and those who serve themselves.

FLIP AROUND This book doesn't have to be read chronologically. Flip around, find something that interests you, sample it, see if you like it. Then try something else. There's thirty years of poetry, short stories, quotes, journaling, blogs, essays, voice-overs, newspaper columns, a novella-all never before published in book form. It's been the adventure of my lifetime to see where my mind led me over the last three decades. I hope these pages take you there. - David Alan Hall

Talent. It's easy to confuse the "raw" kind with the "real" kind. We're all born with some flavor of raw talent. Many people forget about their creative ability because they were told at a young age to stop wasting time dabbling with it and get serious about life. Or, like me, they may wish they had one talent and overlook the talent staring them in the face. I was born with cerebral palsy, which makes walking difficult. Yet I believed I would be judged by my talent, not my disability, so I moved from Texas to Hollywood when I was 23. Here's my story, an odyssey of finding the faith to turn my raw talent into real talent.

Inventor Ned Matheson adores his wife Muriel. But he's killed on the verge of unveiling his working perpetual motion machine, a hidden device that promises not only free energy to the world, but wealth to its patent owner. Muriel begins to suspect her husband was murdered after mysterious messages appear each morning in Ned's old journal-clues to his death, written in his own hand, which baffle a private detective and a handwriting expert. Muriel becomes determined to find Ned's machine and discover the truth surrounding his death. But she's torn between making a new life for herself or believing the devoted ghost of her husband is still by her side. Part suspense thriller, part romance, Perpetual Motion celebrates a love powerful enough to reach across the chasm of death, to touch a living heart, to change a lonely life-and the world-forever. Muriel begins to suspect her husband was murdered after mysterious messages appear each morning in Ned's old journal-clues to his death, written in his own hand, which baffle a private detective and a handwriting expert. She becomes determined to find Ned's machine and discover the truth surrounding his death. But she's torn between making a new life for herself or believing the devoted ghost of her husband is still by her side. Part romance, part suspense thriller, Perpetual Motion celebrates a love powerful enough to reach across the chasm of death, to touch a living heart, to change a lonely life-and the world-forever.

CREATING WITH LIGHT "Learn to see yourself as the writer and director in the evolution of your own consciousness," Rebecca's teacher said. "Your thoughts are powerful energy. Think of them as light. Whatever you choose to shine that light on, you will create." Rebecca Spark has three months to live. Her plan: learn to escape death through a series of controlled, out-of-body-projections. But she's unprepared for a darkness that pursues her, forcing her to confront not what is "out there," but rather what lies within the rich training ground of her soul. The Great Crossing shines a light on the power we all have to create a better future for ourselves and others.

SECRET SAUCER BASE EXPEDITIONS Lester Griffin quits his day job to travel to the Nevada desert with a group of saucer watchers who are determined to expose the alleged government cover up of extraterrestrials. But Lester is unprepared for the experience. Seeing an otherworldly craft forces him to question his perceptions, his faith, and ultimately his entire belief system. Filled with primordial dreams, conspiracy paranoia, and offbeat humor, this quirky coming-of-age adventure celebrates the unique three-pound universe within each of us.

Casey's success has cost him everything-his wife, his daughter, his best friend. Even as a relentless assassin dogs him, he strives through politics and social programs to make the planet a better place for his estranged daughter, who wants nothing to do with him. "Don't you get it," a friend finally tells her. "It was your father's love for you that changed the world." "Her World" is the final part of an action-adventure trilogy that spans twenty years and three presidential administrations, a panoramic epic examining the costs of empowerment, the price of intimacy, and the simple affirmation of the value of oneself.

Often I find people avoiding poetry because they believe it must be difficult in order to be any good, or worse, that they are not equipped, in whatever fashion, to "decode" and understand it. Rubbish. Read these poems easily and quickly. If you come across one that isn't working for you, big deal. Skip it and try another. Don't think too much about what these poems are "supposed" to mean. Let them wash over you and, hopefully, give you a glimpse of something beyond any neat categories of thought. Have faith in your personal and unique impressions of them. That, I believe, is poetry's purpose: an individual expression followed by an individual interpretation where the sum is greater than the words, where, every once in a while, you transcend this finite language and, if only for a moment, say "Ah " - from the author's preface

Book One - World Changers Casey Raymond has developed a gasless car he wants to market to the world. But he refuses to sell out to the oil companies. "I want a car in every garage by the end of the year, " he says. And with a sticker price of only five grand, he believes he can do it. Big business has other ideas. Casey is threatened. His production plant is sabotaged. Despite everything, his cars catch on. Things seem to be going well until an assassin, a young man from the ghetto, is hired to kill him. "The World Changers" is the first part of an action-adventure trilogy that spans twenty years and three presidential administrations, a panoramic epic examining the costs of empowerment, the price of intimacy, and the simple affirmation of the value of oneself.

BREATHING FROM THE HEAD. "I was a lonely writer locked away, absorbing rejection slips, breathing clumsily from my head. I met someone who changed my life. She helped me learn to breathe from my heart. I want to understand how she did that-and what it means. I want to strengthen our future by writing about our past, to better appreciate how we fell in love, how we grew together, how we create meaning in our relationship to keep it alive during hard times. I hope this true romance speaks to something beyond us. I hope it testifies that love isn't some mysterious power to be found "out there," but a vital, breathing force within us that we must create-and share-with one another." - From the Author's Preface.