Rod Pennington

Late at night, a hacker sneaks into the subterranean lab of a celebrity scientist known as the "Earthquake Whisperer." There he makes a startling discovery which gets him murdered. The police soon learn surveillance video shows no one had left the facility since the homicide and a thorough search for the killer comes up empty. To solve this locked room techno-thriller-mystery, an old-school detective and his retired K-9 reluctantly partner with a young high-tech rookie. This quickly escalates from a cut-and-dried homicide to something much more ominous.

Late at night, a hacker sneaks into the subterranean lab of a celebrity scientist known as the "Earthquake Whisperer." There he makes a startling discovery which gets him murdered. The police soon learn surveillance video shows no one had left the facility since the homicide and a thorough search for the killer comes up empty.To solve this locked room techno-thriller-mystery, an old-school detective and his retired K-9 reluctantly partner with a young high-tech rookie. This quickly escalates from a cut-and-dried homicide to something much more ominous.

Cassandra Morse was US Navy royalty. She was top of class at Annapolis and on track to be the fourth generation with admiral stars on her shoulders. That all changed when the prototype combat fighter aircraft she was piloting was blown out of the sky by a mysterious space-based weapon. When she woke from a coma, she was a different person. In addition to hallucinations she had the ability to accurately dream future events. Unfortunately, despite nearly always being right with her predictions, no one believed her.With her mental stability in doubt and lingering questions she could not answer about how she survived the crash, her Navy career was over. Her life took an unexpected turn when she was approached by an enigmatic little man who claimed to know why she was having her dreams. When his first tantalizing clues gave her hope, Cassandra started on a quest to find those responsible for turning her life upside down. Then she had her most terrifying and baffling dream yet.

Cassandra Morse was US Navy royalty. She was top of class at Annapolis and on track to be the fourth generation with admiral stars on her shoulders. That all changed when the prototype combat fighter aircraft she was piloting was blown out of the sky by a mysterious space-based weapon.When she woke from a coma, she was a different person. In addition to hallucinations she had the ability to accurately dream future events. Unfortunately, despite nearly always being right with her predictions, no one believed her.With her mental stability in doubt and lingering questions she could not answer about how she survived the crash, her Navy career was over. Her life took an unexpected turn when she was approached by an enigmatic little man who claimed to know why she was having her dreams. When his first tantalizing clues gave her hope, Cassandra started on a quest to find those responsible for turning her life upside down. Then she had her most terrifying and baffling dream yet.

Cassandra Morse was US Navy royalty. She was top of class at Annapolis and on track to be the fourth generation with admiral stars on her shoulders. That all changed when the prototype combat fighter aircraft she was piloting was blown out of the sky by a mysterious space-based weapon. When she woke from a coma, she was a different person. In addition to hallucinations she had the ability to accurately dream future events. Unfortunately, despite nearly always being right with her predictions, no one believed her.With her mental stability in doubt and lingering questions she could not answer about how she survived the crash, her Navy career was over. Her life took an unexpected turn when she was approached by an enigmatic little man who claimed to know why she was having her dreams. When his first tantalizing clues gave her hope, Cassandra started on a quest to find those responsible for turning her life upside down. Then she had her most terrifying and baffling dream yet.

In her lifetime, Allison Clark has made many bad choices. Topping the list; she married the wrong man. Now, on the cusp of signing her divorce papers, she finds herself sandwiched between caring for her often difficult and dying mother and dealing with the seemingly endless drama of her rebellious teenaged twins. When she thinks life couldn't possibly get any more complicated, Allison discovers her mother has concealed a family secret from her for her entire life. Why had her recently departed father been making large and unexplained monthly payments to someone through his personal attorney for nearly fifty years? What was the money for and where did it go?Stonewalled by both the attorney and her mother, and prodded by the antics of her financially strapped brother, Allison goes on a quest to uncover the secret. Along the way, with the help of her zany aunts and her best friend, she begins to make better choices which completely change the direction of her life.At her twins' eighteenth birthday party, and nearing the end, her mother checks off the last item on her personal bucket list and reveals the long-hidden family secret. Allison's world is immediately turned upside down and the revelation stuns family and friends alike. Despite dealing with the serious topics of divorce, complicated family relationships and death, this is a lighthearted and life-affirming story full of funny and interesting characters. Even though the clues to solving the mystery are all in plain sight, only the most astute reader will see this third act plot twist coming. Rod Pennington and Jeffery A. Martin have combined to write seven previous international bestsellers.

In her lifetime, Allison Clark has made many bad choices. Topping the list; she married the wrong man. Now, on the cusp of signing her divorce papers, she finds herself sandwiched between caring for her often difficult and dying mother and dealing with the seemingly endless drama of her rebellious teenaged twins. When she thinks life couldn't possibly get any more complicated, Allison discovers her mother has concealed a family secret from her for her entire life. Why had her recently departed father been making large and unexplained monthly payments to someone through his personal attorney for nearly fifty years? What was the money for and where did it go?Stonewalled by both the attorney and her mother, and prodded by the antics of her financially strapped brother, Allison goes on a quest to uncover the secret. Along the way, with the help of her zany aunts and her best friend, she begins to make better choices which completely change the direction of her life.At her twins' eighteenth birthday party, and nearing the end, her mother checks off the last item on her personal bucket list and reveals the long-hidden family secret. Allison's world is immediately turned upside down and the revelation stuns family and friends alike. Despite dealing with the serious topics of divorce, complicated family relationships and death, this is a lighthearted and life-affirming story full of funny and interesting characters. Even though the clues to solving the mystery are all in plain sight, only the most astute reader will see this third act plot twist coming. Rod Pennington and Jeffery A. Martin have combined to write seven previous international bestsellers.

What Ever Happened to Mr. MAJIC?On the day of her mother's funeral, twenty-three-year-old Grace Maxwell discovered the man who raised her was not her biological father. Instead, her "real" father was a best-selling self-help author and a world famous "Guru to the Stars." Known as Mr. MAJIC, for the miraculous impact his books and seminars had on millions of people, he had inexplicitly vanished around the time Grace's mother became pregnant with her.For over 20 years, the mystery of Mr. MAJIC's sudden and unexpected disappearance, and the speculation of what might have become of him, was the stuff of Urban Legend. The theories ranged from he was a homeless bum living under a bridge in the Bay Area to his most avid fans claiming he had attained divine enlightenment and had ascended straight to heaven. Even nearly a quarter of a century later, on the anniversary of his disappearance, there would be stories in the media asking What Ever Happened to Mr. MAJIC?Among her mother's things, Grace discovered MAJIC's long missing and thought lost forever unpublished manuscript, "The True Path to Enlightenment." The manuscript was considered to be the Holy Grail of self-help books and was worth a king's ransom. The problem for Grace, before anyone will publish the book, she must prove paternity and the manuscript was not a fake. This was no small task, considering the only person who could provide the definitive confirmation hasn't been seen or heard from in over two decades. With the help of her fellow Generation Z sister and an old-school, hard-boiled detective that had made finding MAJIC his life's work, Grace goes on a quest to find the elusive Mr. MAJIC. Along the way she discovers her perfect soulmate, true inner-peace and a state of wellbeing she had previously thought unimaginable.This story is a classic parable that will resonate with anyone on a personal vision quest or anyone simply seeking to find more happiness and contentment in their day-to-day existence. Wrapped inside this fast-paced romantic mystery, the reader will discover a simple to follow tutorial of how to identify and release the things that are making them miserable. They will gently be shown a simple step-by-step process that, if followed, can lead to a state of enlightenment and wellbeing.