String Theories

by Ned White

He arrived at Los Alamos National Laboratories as an amnesic heap in a dusty arroyo with only a candy wrapper as a hint to his identity. But Reese Archuleta would soon become one of the leading string theorists of his age.

Dahlia "Sage" Stipes, a gun-wielding Buddhist-in-training from Wichita, is on the lam from a train wreck of a marriage. When she and Reese meet, apparently by chance, they soon suspect that what binds them together - and inflames their passion - may be anything but coincidence.

A heady and rollicking adventure of intrigue, Taoism, physics and love -- set against the unruly cultural landscape of New Mexico -- STRING THEORIES careens through a broad sweep of unlikely characters and events toward a final, mind-bending revelation.

335 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 8, 2009

About the author

I've been writing steadily since college - novels, stories, plays, poetry, and teleplays (including several programs for PBS, HBO, and local TV). I also construct crossword puzzles for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and other publications.

My first novel, THE VERY BAD THING, was published by Viking Penguin, sold modestly, earned some good reviews. Since then I've had several fine agencies representing new work, but ultimately (spring 2009) I chose to self publish three novels I've written over the last several years.

CALLING OUT YOUR NAME is an adventure story for young adults, set largely in the Deep South in the recent past: a rural Georgia teenager sets off on an improbable journey to find his developmentally disabled younger brother, who's apparently run away.

PLACE is adult literary fiction... about a woman who disappears, quite literally.

STRING THEORIES, to be republished in March 2016, is also adult literary fiction - a "physics love story" and adventuresome romp set in New Mexico.

BILLY BUCK is harder to described. Take a look at t.

All are available on Kindle, Amazon, and from me via ayPal (free shipping).