Gene Upchurch

Gene Upchurch is a native of Durham and a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was a sportswriter and editor in Chapel Hill and Charlotte before embarking on a 28-year career in public affairs, community relations and legislativ

The struggle to develop a 2,000-acre pristine university research forest into an ultra-exclusive golf enclave becomes a conflict involving Native Americans who believe the land is theirs, unscrupulous and corrupt people who envision huge profits, and people who live near it and want to protect it. The centerpiece of the story is the desperate search for a forgotten and missing piece of parchment signed at the end of the Civil War that may clarify the history and future of the forest.Fundamentally, it's a story about how the world really works, how decisions get made and how people are influenced by politics, greed, lust and money to make those decisions.The story is about an isolated conflict to preserve a tiny piece of nature, but represents conflicts worldwide between conservation and development that influence climate change and the future of the planet.

The struggle to develop a 2,000-acre pristine university research forest into an ultra-exclusive golf enclave becomes a conflict involving Native Americans who believe the land is theirs, unscrupulous and corrupt people who envision huge profits, and people who live near it and want to protect it. The centerpiece of the story is the desperate search for a forgotten and missing piece of parchment signed at the end of the Civil War that may clarify the history and future of the forest.Fundamentally, it's a story about how the world really works, how decisions get made and how people are influenced by politics, greed, lust and money to make those decisions.The story is about an isolated conflict to preserve a tiny piece of nature, but represents conflicts worldwide between conservation and development that influence climate change and the future of the planet.

Passengers on a luxury vacation take a cocktail in one hand and matters into the other in this bonkers tale about a trip that goes awry for all involved, tragically for some. This is the latest nonsense from Gene Upchurch about mostly decent people who lose their minds as they go overboard to ensure obnoxious people get what they deserve with predictably calamitous consequences.

A retired, small-time arsonist is haunted by the deadly consequences of his actions and tries to escape his former life, but the simple world he's found is disrupted by those who want to silence him, those who want to punish him, and others who want to hire him.Burnt is another thriller from the author of The Eno Club and the short-story collection Vanessa.