New Release Books by Daniel Lance Wright

Forty-three-year-old archaeologist, Jasmine Chandler, is decimated by an abruptly failed marriage and throws herself obsessively into her work. Meanwhile, several hundred miles away on the California coast, retired oncologist, Lowell Strudemeyer, struggles against his own demons by drinking and surfing with an apparent death wish. With help from her friend, Barbara Sullivan, their worlds collide over an ancient burial site and it takes a little magic for these two people, Sweetpea and The Strude, to confess their obvious attraction.

Captured and thrown into a steamy Jamaican prison in 1720, Anne Bonny and confederates, Calico Jack Rackham and Mary Read, are quickly convicted of piracy and sentenced to hang. A clever ruse helps Anne escape but she must leave Mary and Jack behind. On the run from the law in the Caribbean and the American colonies, Anne becomes adept at disguises... of both genders. Adventure now comes in many new forms, on land and upon the seas. But how long can she maintain such well guarded anonymity?

William Dillinger believed the only way to live was unmarried and unencumbered. That is, until he reached the age of seventy two with a criminal history. Regrets over a lifetime of mistakes mires him in daily doldrums until his high school girlfriend suddenly reappears in his life. Hope is seeded that the remainder of his life does not have to match his past. But, he only has one day to find out.

All Mike Hanson wants is a relaxing family vacation in the mountains of New Mexico; time away from his stressful Midland, Texas career and a chance to refocus on family. But the explosion of a gasoline tanker truck and forest fire abruptly alter things dramatically. Mike's entire life changes instantly as he and other survivors have to run and keep running to survive. Its no accident. He is targeted to be eliminated.

Jack Dane is a reporter for an average newspaper. Lives in an average apartment and has a junker car he dearly loves. He also has the ability to transport himself anywhere in the past present or future. Only problem is he just found out and he doesn't like it one bit.It seems he has a Radiant Heart. A heart that can reach out to family at any place or time in history or the future. Jack's brother is in danger and Jack can see what will happen to him in the future unless he does something about it.Problem is God's master plan will not let any Radiant Hearts do anything to change the future or past. Jack finds there are other Radiant Hearts like him, but he is the last of his kind. In trying to save his brother, he finds out about himself and their family's past.

THE YEAR IS 2208 AND THE WORLD IS IN NEED OF A SAVIOR. Two centuries have passed since global economies collapsed with little hope of resurrection. Jake Henderson wanders the former State of Texas foraging for food, and witnesses the murder of a young woman. The ten-year-old girl traveling with her is traumatized and left speechless, orphaned by the violent act. From that day, she begins changing Jake's life in ways he could never have imagined. Annabelle, as he chooses to call her, is descended from failed genetically manufactured prototypes of the early Twenty-first Century. The delicate-appearing child is anything but, and is destined to become the salvation of a world out of control.

Without a home or hope, suicide seems the only way for Pop to achieve elusive peace of mind. He carries the means to accomplish it. It's a comforting thought. With little reason, other than to escape the harsh winters of Chicago, community of Green Meadow, Texas. The suicide alternative looms large as a downtown diner refuses to serve him. But, then, a six-year-old boy holding out a cup of coffee to him changes everything. Pop's education on relearning to live begins.-from cover.