Chrysalis

by Gary R. Moor

On the day Apollo 11 launches, four-year-old Spencer Aubrey is in a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness and his father is killed. He and his mother, Rhea, walk out, their survival assured by their dog Daisy. Spencer grows up with his mother's story of the adventure that leaves Daisy out and himself too young to remember. He has lived a seemingly ideal life as the perfect son and husband and as an Air Force fighter pilot and airline captain. On the 36th anniversary of the crash, however, a singular impulse drives him to tear apart his life in one mad act. He begins an extraordinary ritual journey that includes a schooner, a tough old sea captain, a crazed shaman, a ballet dancer, a blind seeing eye dog, a haunted house, a secret tunnel and the worst serial killer in American history. At the other end is a new life, if he survives the journey in this funny, touching and often frightening tale of grief and transformation.

251 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Native Oregonian, born in Salem, raised mostly in Portland near Mt. Tabor in the Montavilla district. Dad fought in WWII with the 2nd Marine Division, then again in Korea as a 105mm howitzer artilleryman; a telephone lineman as I grew up. Mom came from Sweden before the war, on Olympic skating team in the 50s, a people person and the finest waitress I've known. Both have passed. I consider Astoria my hometown where I graduated from Astoria Sr. High School - go Fishermen! Played trumpet and soprano bugle - Lancer and Sunsetters drum and bugle corps. Graduated from Clatsop Comm. College, then OSU. Commercial salmon fisherman, Fuller Brush Man, Air Force pilot with the 4th Airborne Command and Control Squadron and the 376th Strategic Wing; became a father to two children, worked as a contractor for 20 years, now I'm an author. Best and most important job I've had is the one as father.

Reviews

[Gary Moor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Considering I wrote it I thought it was one of the best damned books I've ever read. You can buy it on my website http://garyrmoor.com/store/ or find out about Chrysalis http://garyrmoor.com/books/chrysalis/ and read an excerpt.