A WARNING THUNDER rumbles forebodingly as blacks and whites struggle to live and love together in this novel set during the reconstruction period on a plantation untouched by the civil war but haunted by witchcraft and voodoo rites. -- About the John Leckel has a Master's Degree from the University of Illinois and has been an educator for most of his career. As an actor he performed with Papp's SHAKESPEARE WORKSHOP and has appeared both on and off Broadway in such plays as TWELFTH NIGHT, TITUS ANDRONICUS, OTHELLO. His has written two bestselling cookbooks and two Chicago Emmy nominated TV shows. His short works have won national awards. A WARNING THUNDER is his first novel.