Four Women Named July

by Gregory C. Randall

In this life, you are guaranteed nothing.
Suppose you learn you are immune to disease and the infirmaries of old age. What would you do? How would you live? – and you discover that someone wants you dead.

Julia Desjardins, an orphan who was wounded during the 1864 Civil War Battle at Monocacy Junction in Maryland, is just fourteen. She learns from the healer and seer Sister Sojourner Smith why she recovered quickly from this grievous wound and that she has a rare gift: She will age just one year physically for every five years she lives and is spared all sickness, disease, and the debilitations of age.

Now, one hundred and seventy-four years later, Julia, now calling herself Julienne Gardener, discovers that another of these extraordinary humans (identified as Amaranthines) desperately and murderously wants what she has been pursuing for more than four lifetimes: An elixir that will grant long lifetimes to humanity. Julienne quickly realizes it must be destroyed because of the ethical chaos it would cause if revealed. She also becomes conscious that longevity is both a gift and an affliction.

290 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 17, 2024

About the author

Michigan born and Chicago raised, Randall has made the San Francisco Bay Area his home with his wife for the last 45 years. A graduate of Michigan State with a degree in landscape architecture, Mr. Randall has 45 years of community design and urban planning experience. He has his own design firm, Randall Planning & Design, Inc., and has designed hundreds of residential, commercial and retail properties throughout the western United States.

Mr. Randall has enjoyed writing for many years but it has become a serious vocation in the last twenty years. His books almost always have an historical component and often reflect how the past has impacts on the present. Randall has developed all the cover cart for his books as well as the interior design, graphics, and overall formatting. This also includes ebook formatting.

Greg is the author of the five book series, The Sharon O’Mara Chronicles. The six book in the series is under development.

He is also developing the third book in the Detective Tony Alfano thriller noir series set in 1933 Chicago. The first book in the series, Chicago Swing, won the Silver Medal in the 2016 Global Ebook Awards. The second, Chicago Jazz, is now available.

His edgy young adult novel, Elk River, has won acclimation and awards from the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) and Northern California Book Publishers Association (BAIPA).

Mr. Randall and his wife have their own independent publishing company, Windsor Hill Publishing. He is a book cover designer and artist and is well versed in the ebook conversion process. All of his books are available through the usual sources.

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Reviews

[Tish Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked this story. Especially because there was such history background included
She was a very strong woman and it was heartbreaking when her adopted children passed and she was still looking young

Very good book

[Melanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought this was a good read.

Lots of history, some sci-fi, love, motherhood, loss, mystery, a little thriller, and a good story. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Tim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting premise and mostly engaging characters. Not sure why the title names 4 women July when the prime character always took some form of Julie. The ending was very disappointing.