Kirjahaku

Six years from now, Paul Daniels, a dynamic young lawyer at a small but prestigious firm, handles the appeal of the Elmore family to overturn a decision awarded to a minor son under new Civil Rights legislation, specifically Title XII, Minors' Protection, and the subsequent Children's Rights Act.Daniels shocks everyone by winning the appeal, provoking powerful responses from a Children's Rights Title XII coalition and its opposing Family Rights Title XII group.The case goes to the Supreme Court. With the date for oral presentations just a week away, Daniels is discreetly visited by Mitch Harris, a Children's Rights champion - who is not yet born! That is followed by visits from Harris' adversaries - also from the future.A frantic week of intrigue, danger, threats and action ensues as all involved wrestle to impact the long term effect of the imminent Court decision on their interests.

Rob is called to a VA hospital where he finally meets Jess, a man he has known all his life. Near death, Jess wants to tell Rob "the rest of the story."His tale takes Rob to a Virginia Chesapeake Bay town in 1931, to very dear family and friends he did not know existed.He hears a saga that opens with the sweet charm of an old Disney movie, then grows tense, becomes frightful, and ends in tragedy.Jess begs Rob to accept two burdens: guard his secret, and carry on his mission.

A collection of twenty short stories written by Stan Parsons over the past few years, plus early character glimpses that originally introduced one of his novels, and a preview of his next novel, God Sent A Tramp.The short stories vary. Some of them have a mysterious, horror, or sci-fi twist; others are humorous. A couple are fictional battle sagas in real wars, one is a detective story. Many, like his novels, involve families or individuals who struggle to overcome difficulties.They are quick reads.

1932: thrown off a Texas train, a tramp wanders to a decrepit Bible Belt ranch where he is rudely received by a widow and her son.Mutual trust is essential to face the Great Depression, an ongoing severe drought that is becoming the Dust Bowl, and a powerful rancher who delights in torment.The tramp's confidence and self-respect, gravely shaken in 1918 by a serious war wound and then stripped when he stumbled home to shocking horror, is reborn. He contacts relatives in Virginia and is urgently summoned home to face a crisis.While he's gone his new Texas family is staggered. He rushes back to focus recent, unanticipated resources on man-made and natural onslaughts. They find great strength in one another. But, how much can they take?

When Shadows Shine is a collection of twenty short stories written by Stan Parsons over the past few years, plus early character glimpses that originally introduced one of his novels. It also contains a preview of his next novel, God Sent A Tramp.The short stories vary.Some of them have a mysterious, horror, or sci-fi twist; others are humorous.A couple are fictional battle sagas in real wars, one is a detective story.Many, like his novels, involve families or individuals who struggle to overcome difficulties.They are quick reads.

1932: thrown off a Texas train, a tramp wanders to a decrepit Bible Belt ranch where he is rudely received by a widow and her son.Mutual trust is essential to face the Great Depression, an ongoing severe drought that is becoming the Dust Bowl, and a powerful rancher who delights in torment.The tramp's confidence and self-respect, gravely shaken in 1918 by a serious war wound and then stripped when he stumbled home to shocking horror, is reborn. He contacts relatives in Virginia and is urgently summoned home to face a crisis.While he's gone his new Texas family is staggered. He rushes back to focus recent, unanticipated resources on man-made and natural onslaughts. They find great strength in one another. But, how much can they take?

Rob is called to a VA hospital where he finally meets Jess, a man he has known all his life. Near death, Jess wants to tell Rob "the rest of the story."His tale takes Rob to a Virginia Chesapeake Bay town in 1931, to very dear family and friends he did not know existed.He hears a saga that opens with the sweet charm of an old Disney movie, then grows tense, becomes frightful, and ends in tragedy.Jess begs Rob to accept two burdens: guard his secret, and carry on his mission.

For generations, the Worthings have been a successful, esteemed, and respected waterman family in the Chesapeake Bay Pound Net and, more recently, the Charter business. Hardships are a part of life on the water. When the son, who was being groomed to head the business, fell into drugs three years ago, it had a severe impact on the business. But the family pulled together and dealt with it.The sudden murder of the patriarch staggers the Worthings and threatens to end their way of life. But the widow is a warrior. With the help of her nephew, who they took into their home ten years ago when he was orphaned, she struggles to revive the debilitated business and clan.

Shocked and utterly distraught by news of his cousin's suicide, Grove Mathews leaves his Georgetown apartment in the middle of a 1972 summer night to drive to the family homestead in Orange, VA.Throughout the trip he is haunted with memories evoked by road signs.By the time he arrives, he has learned things about himself and his family that disgust him.And he has discovered that he always knew these things, but he hid and ran from them, resulting in a withdrawn and non-committal man that he is no longer willing to tolerate.When he arrives at the homestead he is ready to deal with it. And he does.

Six years from now, Paul Daniels, a dynamic young lawyer at a small but prestigious firm, handles the appeal of the Elmore family to overturn a decision awarded to a minor son under new Civil Rights legislation, specifically Title XII, Minors' Protection, and the subsequent Children's Rights Act.Daniels shocks everyone by winning the appeal, provoking powerful responses from a Children's Rights Title XII coalition and its opposing Family Rights Title XII group.The case goes to the Supreme Court. With the date for oral presentations just a week away, Daniels is discreetly visited by Mitch Harris, a Children's Rights champion - who is not yet born! That is followed by visits from Harris' adversaries - also from the future.A frantic week of intrigue, danger, threats and action ensues as all involved wrestle to impact the long term effect of the imminent Court decision on their interests.

For generations, the Worthings have been a successful, esteemed, and respected waterman family in the Chesapeake Bay Pound Net and, more recently, the Charter business. Hardships are a part of life on the water. When the son, who was being groomed to head the business, fell into drugs three years ago, it had a severe impact on the business. But the family pulled together and dealt with it.The sudden murder of the patriarch staggers the Worthings and threatens to end their way of life. But the widow is a warrior. With the help of her nephew, who they took into their home ten years ago when he was orphaned, she struggles to revive the debilitated business and clan.

Shocked and utterly distraught by the news of his cousin's suicide, Grove Mathews leaves his Georgetown apartment in the middle of a 1972 summer night to drive to the family homestead in Orange, Virginia.Throughout the trip he is haunted with memories evoked by road signs.By the time he arrives, he has learned things about himself and his family that disgust him.And he has discovered that he always knew these things, but he hid and ran from them, resulting in a withdrawn and non-committal man that he is no longer willing to tolerate.When he arrives at the homestead he is ready to deal with it. And he does.