Star Trek's Main Klingon Michael Dorn's Autograph

          My wonderful niece recently attended a Star Trek convention in Texas. While there, she met several of the Star Trek cast, including Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, John de Lancie, Denise Crosby, Marina Sirtis, William Shatner, and others.

          Always generous, she thought of her only slightly geeky Star Trek fan of an uncle and bought me the Deep Space Nine comic below. She asked Michael Dorn (Worf) to sign it for me.

          Thanks Beth!  You are awesome!

Northwest of Eden

My best friend of the last 37 years, Yancy Caruthers, published his first book.  I could not be more proud of him.  This memoir recounts a year-long tour of duty at the Al Asad Airbase in Iraq.  It's nonfiction that reads like a thriller, telling an in medias res story of a real military hospital. 

          Parts reminded me of the old TV series MASH.  Other parts played out far differently.  Not always do the scenes gush blood and guts.  There are pranks and gun barrels and broken chairs, swollen feet and good food and pitch-black chopper rides.

          Yancy also gave me the honor of designing the book cover.

UPDATE:  20 May 2014 --

         Here is an old video of Yancy that I just found when he was stationed in Iraq.

You can purchase Northwest of Eden through . . .

Kindle

 

Paperback

Also, drop by his Facebook page.  He would love to see you. 

          If you read Northwest of Eden, please leave a review.  Each improves his book’s visibility in the vast crowd.  He reads every comment, because he is the type of writer who wants to know his readers and appreciates their support.  

About the author:

Yancy Caruthers retired from twenty years of service in the U.S. Army Reserve after completing his second deployment to Iraq. He left the nursing profession in 2010 and now lives abroad with his family.