The Box

Plot Summary: Two small children, newly orphaned, are separated—one sent east and one sent west, their names changed, and their vast fortune stolen. The story begins fifteen years later when they begin their search for each other. Their only clue is a box the boy had with him when they were separated. Unknown to the boy, now wearing rags, hidden in the box is a treasure worth more than a king's ransom. The story climaxes with one coming from the East with a fleet of jets, and the other coming from the West on an ugly horse.

Author-lecturer, Dr. O. J. Bryson - friends and family call him "Jay" - now lives near Hollywood, California. His novel, A Trace of Smoke, a suspense/thriller, is Number One on the Regional Bestseller List. As a professor, he toured for the State Department with the USO. He has two sons, two daughters-in-law, and lots of grandchildren.