Bedlam South

Released October 7, 2008

Set in the heart of the Confederacy, Bedlam South is the story of ordinary people who fought and suffered, and loved and lost during the Civil War. The novel begins and ends in an insane asylum outside Richmond, Virginia, as it interweaves the fates of its characters in a panoramic view of the Civil War. The asylum's chaos and internal strife echo the military and personal battles taking place over four years.

The story begins in 1862, when Dr. Joseph Bryarly leaves England to head Richmond's Wingate Asylum, run by the sadistic and scarred Captain Samuel Percy. Bryarly launches his own war battling the Captain on behalf of the inmates, while also battling his own demons. On the frontlines near Fredericksburg, seventeen-year-old Zeke Gibson joins his brother, Corporal Billy Gibson. In the midst of heavy fighting, they are separated. Each embarks on a path that will take him deep into lunacy and a struggle for survival as the war progresses and their fates become intertwined with Dr. Bryarly's.

Butcher's War

Releasing Soon

BUTCHER’S WAR, is set during the Atlanta campaign of the American Civil war and climaxes with SHERMAN’S infamous march to the sea; a story of survival, heartache, love and revenge. SILAS BUTCHER, a native born Philadelphian, fifth generation farmer, is elevated through staunch determination to become an educated banker and a man of strong religious conviction. Through cruel twists of fate, his seven year old daughter dies from polio and is buried the day Silas and his two sons depart for war. His distraught wife commits suicide the same tragic day. Over two years into the war, Silas leads a battle on the bloody hillsides of Missionary Ridge where his two sons are killed. Devastated, Silas is alone, without family, without God and without hope. BUTCHER’S WAR is the battle that now rages within him, unleashed on the south and against the spirit of God.