The Novels
Redemption Cove
ISBN: 978-0-473-22523-0
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Fate has caught up with workaholic Seattle software-genius, Ben Adams, and sent his life into a tailspin. Reprieved by two unexpected windfalls, he finds salvation in the deep wilds and tall skies of British Columbia.
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Only to be enmeshed in stock-market corruption, while having to defend his piece of paradise in a landmark Canadian land rights case.
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Ben has to fight for his sanity, fortune, home, true-love, and his life. Can he overcome the odds?
Fire on the Coastal Road
ISBN: 978-0-473-45845-4
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Israel is rejoicing. Egypt has declared peace. The PLO’s spies in the Knesset have run screaming to their masters in Damascus. The Palestinian dream of a homeland is shattered unless the initiative is derailed before it’s unstoppable.
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Terrorist mastermind Abu Jihad lets loose his killers, including his ex-mistress, on the Jewish sacred day. Meanwhile Israel’s vaunted security forces are in political conflict.
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That leaves only a few lightly-armed policemen and off-duty soldiers to defend the nation. Jihad’s demons have hostages, and are raging south toward unsuspecting Tel Aviv.
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Can tragedy be prevented without massive bloodshed?
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Short Stories
Shorter Journeys
ISBN: 978-0-473-34982-0
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This captivating collection of nine short stories transports the reader from the crests of the Andes to the streets of Sydney, Australia, and across prairies on the steel steeds of the new cowboys of the American West. Also to the terrible frozen wastes of a Europe torn by evil and war, through the looking glass into the angst-filled mind of youth, and down through time to the ponderings of the father of modern thinking.
The journey is sure to intrigue, amuse, illuminate; and above all: entertain.
Poems
Emotional Paleontology
ISBN: 978-0-473-40486-9
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Poetry is able to polish a thought and make it perfect, while empowering moments in time to live forever. A poem allows contrasting thoughts to be powerfully juxtaposed and shine clearly, in a way that would muddle longer work. The best poems carry emotion from line to line in the least possible number of words. And poetry, like song, can touch you in an instant and carry you magically to a special place and time.
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This collection spans many stages and aspects of my life. The awkwardness of youth perhaps. Dealing with the overpowering wonder of love. And the bitterness of loss. The fragility of things cared deeply for. Also those emotions that have redirected, inspired and endured in my life.
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© 2017 by David Calder