BY JEDIDIAH PASCHALL
Chapter 10 Erbil, Iraq Captain Eugene Kim sat in street clothes in a private booth in the lounge at the Divan Hotel in Erbil, which was located in the Kurdish Autonomous Region of Iraq. He was waiting for his meeting with Malachi Brandt, who had been posted as a CIA case officer for the […]
Read MoreBook II Chapter 9 Chicago, Illinois She uncurled Jacob’s fingers from the glass and his arm fell limp back onto their bed, then she replaced the cork of the near empty bottle of bourbon resting on his bedside table. Flickering hues from the television lit the room. She muted the news coming in from […]
Read MoreChapter 8 Escondido – Encinitas, California Fire raged on the eastern hills of Escondido, illuminating the night sky. Angry halos glowed red against the orange-capped peaks as they spit sparks out into the darkness like a star shoots charged particles into the blackness of space. The flames poured down the mountains in front of […]
Read MoreChapter 7 Escondido – Oceanside, CA Jenny Hodge took over the secretary position at Bethel Presbyterian after Phyllis Nelson retired. She was sweet, vivacious, and a supremely gifted administrator. She brought a kind of order to the church office that it had never seen. David noticed her talents and how they relieved many of […]
Read MoreChapter 6 Fountain Valley, California Wrestlers of any kind, even those who are not participants in the sport itself, are drawn to it by the magnetic force of the trial. Something inside each wrestler needs proof in the fire of the crucible. Above all else, the testing of one’s character is the goal. Every […]
Read MoreOne of the great things about publishing the book on my website is the flexibility it allows me when it comes to structuring. I have modified the ordering of the chapters for The Damned May Enter after literally months of deliberation from its original manuscript form. What I have done is combined the middle two […]
Read MoreChapter 5 Oceanside – Escondido, California Malachi left his high school graduation ceremony with one thing on his mind: mischief. He partied hard that Friday night in Escondido, slept off a hangover, and headed out to the beach on Saturday afternoon. He and some friends borrowed one of their parents’ RVs and were […]
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