The Return of the Fifth Horseman: The Accountant's Apprentice II

Is Justin's former boss really speaking to him from beyond the grave?
And is he right?
Is the entire planet being threatened?

Homeless shelter director Justin Moore becomes convinced that Angelina, the young artistic savant at the East Side Rescue Mission, is being tasked by powerful extraterrestrial forces to save humanity from an apocalyptic threat.

When Justin finds a wheelchair on a donated pile of clothing in the mission’s parking lot, it reminds him of the one his former employer A. C. owned. Later, Justin visits the pauper cemetery where A. C. is buried and realizes the grave has been disturbed.

A. C. speaks to him in his dreams and, in the darkness of his office, tells him he must search for him and enlist his help against this apocalyptic threat.“Due to past failures, you must find me. I am not allowed to find you. You will find me among the many, not the few.”

If it’s all true, only one question remains: Can Justin and Angelina really stop them?

Dennis M. Clausen's Minnesota small town background provided the inspiration for many of his literary works. He has also been a professor of American literature and creative writing at the University of San Diego for many years. 

The Accountant's Apprentice, the first book in The Accountant's Apprentice trilogy, was a "First Place recipient" in the 2016 Chanticleer International Book Awards. Chanticleer Book Reviews described the novel as "a screaming success . . . a literary feast . . . You will love The Accountant's Apprentice." NetGalley described The Accountant's Apprentice as a book "in Dostoevsky fashion . . . that examines the human form." 

The Return of the Fifth Horseman, the second book in the trilogy, was described by Chanticleer Book Reviews as "a fascinating puzzle hunt like The DaVinci Code . . . that will keep readers guessing until the very last page--and after." 

Clausen's other published works include Prairie Son (1999), a book Dave Woods, Past Vice-President of the National Book Critics Circle, said, "Prairie Son, the winner of the First Series Creative Nonfiction Award, attracted all manner of national attention." Publisher's Weekly described Prairie Son as "an archetypal account of Depression-era hardship."  

Clausen's novel The Search for Judd McCarthy was first published by Bantam Books (1982) and currently Brown Posey Press. Publisher's Weekly described the novel as "an expertly written thriller, a kind of Stephen King--Ross Macdonald hybrid (and in a class with either)." 

The Sins of Rachel Sims, another mystery/thriller and sequel to The Search for Judd McCarthy, is also set in a Midwestern small town. Ned Finley returns as a pschologist/ amateur detective to investigate the case of a young woman who disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 1952. 

Clausen is also the author of op-eds and essays that have appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune, Psychology Today and other publications.