Synopsis
With the turn of the 21st century numerous apocalyptic prophecies abound predicting the ends of time, but Jonathan Callahan, a mild mannered Federal Government attorney, with some psychic ability, faces a more real nemesis, his petulant, sharp-tongued wife. Somehow he has survived almost twenty-five years of marriage and has raised two precocious teenagers daughters in the process. Yet, a miracle occurs and his wife agrees to a divorce. However, nothing is simple or easy for Jonathan. Soon he is fighting the almost ex-wife for both permanent custody of his two girls and anything else of value that isn't nailed down. Jonathan's best friend, a spirit guide named Masters, returns after six years, but to Jonathan's dismay, Masters isn't offering assistance, he's enlisting Jonathan to help defeat a mysterious evil threatening this corner of the universe. With his domestic and universal peace efforts thwarted at every turn, ultimately, to survive, Jonathan must confront and conquer not only his almost ex-wife and the demons that attack him in his sleep, but he must finally face the shadows of his sealed past lurking within the dark corridors of his mind.
About the Author
The author, Mark McDonough, is an administrativelaw attorney, who enjoys writing in his spare time. Hehas worked at various times as a janitor in a home for theelderly, in a lumber mill in Alaska, and as the assistantbusiness manager for three weekly newspapers inManhattan.He twice served in the United States Army,including a tour of duty in Vietnam (1970-71). During1968-71, he was a paratrooper, a parachute rigger anda combat engineer. For the period 1981-85, he was aCaptain/Attorney in the Judge Advocate General'sCorp, where he tried well over one hundred criminaltrials. As a prosecutor (for a total of 28 months), he wasresponsible for trying the most diffi cult, complex, andcommand interest cases in each of the four jurisdictionswhere he served, achieving a one hundred percentconviction rate in each of those jurisdictions (bothoverseas and in the U.S.A.). However, what the authorsays he most enjoyed was his decision to volunteerand become a criminal defense counsel, representingsoldiers (for 20 months), where he was continuouslynoted for his remarkable results defending soldiers.As a criminal defense counsel, he also played a rolein investigating, gathering, and presenting evidenceagainst senior offi cers, including a general offi cer, whoused unlawful command infl uence to obstruct and denyfair criminal trials for soldiers; although he claims tohave played a minor role in this matter, it is undisputedthat his evidence (in part), eventually led to the careertermination of three general offi cers and forced theU.S. Army to implement additional legal safeguardsand training within the military command structure tofurther protect the legal rights of U.S. soldiers.The author presently resides in a quiet, suburbanneighborhood in Northern Virginia with his twodaughters and a small pack of Labrador retrievers.When he is not following his daughters around varioussports fi elds, he spends his free time jogging, studyingthe martial arts, and hiking and camping. Despitehavin
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