The year is 2075, The U.S.A. has weathered political and geological storms of every kind, leaving the union shaken to its foundation. Texas is ripe for secession. Sound fiscal policy has enabled the Lone Star of Texas to continue shining brightly across the land. After thirty years as an undercover agent with global intel, Hall Taine and his wife Cara have settled in Men-tone, Texas, in sparsely populated Loving County, to car-ry out high-tech research. Due to secrets whispered in Taine's ear by an angelic Mentor, he discovers the secret to effortless space travel.But a hidden backlash in tech development turns loose a demon that is able to terminate all life forms on planet Earth. Called the "Sentinel," it opens the portal to the human mind's destruction for a literal death by ter-ror. Recognized as the primary battleground, the mind also holds the key to victory. Pentagon Joint Chiefs of Staff General Brett Loving enters the fray at the risk of losing his lifetime military career rewards. Convinced of the overwhelming ad-vantage possessed by Texas in any military conflict, Gen-eral Loving is willing to sacrifice his career in order to ward off open warfare. History repeats itself in the echo of 1776. Govern-ment for, by, and of the self proves to be the ultimate en-during structure of society.

A world found is a world saved. In the year 2067 temperatures across the country have risen to historic levels. Most cities have become uninhabitable. The near extinction of Earth forces the hands of thousands of Americans to resort to violence. They have one hope - finding a new world. Leslie Ratley, Captain of Project Life, is selected for a seemingly impossible mission - to travel the multiverse with the hope of finding a new world for human habitation. As Leslie confronts her own biases in order to accomplish the mission of a lifetime, she must make a decision between her family and her country. Will she find a way to save the human race, or watch the world burn as those in power flee from a dying planet, leaving millions to die? An American Family is a tale of unconventional heroism where race and power clash with deception and survival. 

SCIENCE FICTION ============================================================================================== HIGH FINANCE; HIGH DRAMA; HIGH STAKES!! The wolf is finally at the door! Overextended and no longer able to defend herself, America finally succumbs to the forces of evil gathering around her. A secret, underground army tries but is unable to put down the rebellion. Holocaust is upon the land. This is the story of one family's heroic struggle to beat the odds and to keep the hope of freedom that is America alive. ============================================================================================== "Political intrigue, murder, sex, and a country on the brink of disaster. Burgauer combines all the elements in this futuristic story that gets better and better with each page." Ken Behrens . . . WJBC radio Steven Burgauer lives and writes in Illinois, along with his collection of torture instruments and Medieval killing tools.

The astounding discoveries of Khan-li of Dimph-yoo-chur have thrown floods of light upon the domestic life of the Mehrikan people. He little realized when he landed upon that sleeping continent what a service he was about to render history, or what enthusiasm his discoveries would arouse among Persian archaeologists.