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I’ve spent my life balancing logic and imagination. After forty years in high tech as a principal engineer, I traded predictive software for stories—still chasing the question: What if the truth is hidden in plain sight?

I live in Chama, New Mexico, with my wife, Maryann. We raised three kids and once spent a formative season in Jerusalem, where I grew fascinated by ancient texts and the tension between the sacred and the scientific.

I’ve loved stories since childhood—first mysteries like Christie and Conan Doyle, then the sweeping worlds of Tolkien, Moorcock, and Salvatore. RPGs and music have also shaped how I tell stories—whether rolling dice with friends or writing songs on my guitar.

Now I write full-time, cr ...more

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The Cost of Immortality: A Biotech Thriller from New Mexico

The Forbidden Strain — Available Now

A wildfire tearing across the New Mexico mesas.
A murdered federal official.
A secret lab buried beneath tribal land.

My new thriller, The Forbidden Strain, is out now—and it pulls you straight into the heart of a conspiracy that never should have seen daylight.

Detective Alejandro Hernandez and FBI Agent Liz Shaw follow a trail from a Santa Fe crime scene to a des

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