The Mark of the Beast
A Novel
An action-thriller that ranges from the labyrinthine streets of Old Jerusalem to an underwater discovery in the Mediterranean. Peter Amador, a freelance journalist trying to put his career back on track, embarks on a path of discovery that centers around the cryptic Book of Revelation and the end of the world. Hired by a pastor to track down a stone that refers to the Antichrist, Pete finds that the pastor is not the only person looking for the artifacts, and the other groups are far more determined to get to them first. Early in the journey, Pete is joined by Leah, a beautiful young woman from the church who insists that Pete remains tight-lipped about her presence. In the end, Pete’s understanding of the Bible is turned upside down, and he is left with a message to deliver to the entire Christian world.
Update (October 2026): The book is currently being edited after reviews from beta readers.
Spice
A Novel of the Sea
At the dawn of the 17th century, the people of London are dying from the plague at alarming rates and Jane’s mother, an herb collector and healer, dies when she contracts the disease herself. Jane never forgets the divine smell of the cloves tucked inside the tending physician’s mask—the smell of the spices she believes could have saved her mother. Without her mother or any benefactor, the boyish young woman is thrown into a life of despair along the wharves where sailors prowl. At her point of utmost desperation, Jane determines to disguise herself as a boy and enlist with the newly formed East India Company on a journey to the Spice Islands. Maintaining her disguise, Jane develops into a healer as she strives to understand the diseases that wrack the lives of so many around her. Across a journey of peril, desperation, wonders and revelation, Jane clings to the promise of the islands for which the whole world is clamoring.