Asclepias is Available!

Asclepias is available through my CreateSpace site ( https://www.createspace.com/3675423 ).

Wanted to share a little bit about the cover.  The flower on the cover belongs to Antelope Horns (Asclepias asperula), a species of milkweed.  Normally they bloom in what is called an umbel, which is like a big ball of flowers.  Using Publisher, I was able to cut out one of the flowers from the umbel.  The flower is important because the reason why the main character (Tony Spencer) is near the Arizona/Mexico border is to do milkweed research.  Of course, little does he know he will end up in the middle of a crime spree which is killing illegal immigrants.

The barbed wire was cut out of a photo that I had taken near my home in Ohio.  It was amazing how hard it was to find free clipart of barbed wire that was of any decent resolution, so ad to create my own!  The barbed wire represents the border fence.  Now-a-days, most of 'The Fence' is made of what looks like a corrugated steel about fifteen feet tall.  Along the border are also what look a little like fire lookout towers equipped with sensing devices that can detect people.

Finally, I wanted the background to look like the border country of Arizona.  The photo was taken in Pinal County, Arizona, between Florence and Catalina.  The mountain range farthest to the back is the Catalina Mountains near Tucson.

Hope you enjoy Asclepias!

Asclepias coming November 1!

  Just ordered what will hopefully be the final proof of Asclepias.  Asclepias takes place largely in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona.  I totally fell in love with the Chiricahuas the final couple years I lived in Arizona.  A unique set of mountains in so many ways.  Wildlife, wildflowers, history, all of it is incredible there.  By the way, the flower on the front cover belongs to Asclepias asperula, also known as Antelope Horns.  Asclepias should be available through Create Space (https://www.createspace.com/3675423) and Amazon on or before November 1.
  While I am not going to give away the story, I am going to give away a solid hint of what the book will be about, and I will do so with a picture I took of the front door of my friends, Linda and Paul's, house who live along Cave Creek in the Chiricahuas.  I visited them in September when I went to Arizona for butterfly hunting and book signings.  So that the picture makes a little more sense, let me share that they have a primary residence on the property along with a small outbuilding about the size of a large storage shed that they use as a guest house.  I will translate below the pic.

There is no food in the house.  If you all are hungry, there is food in the cabin at the end of the road.  The door to the cabin is open.  Please, do not enter the house.  There are traps and we have an electronic security system.  Good luck in the mountains.