About
I was born in 1950 in Bradford, Pennsylvania. After graduating in 1972 from Mansfield University with a BS in English, I've worked in factories, taught high school English, and run a successful house painting business. I'm also a freelance writer, and my short stories, poetry, and articles have appeared in over 490 magazines in the U.S., England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Romania, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Malaysia. I've published eleven poetry collections, two audio books of horror verse, three volumes of short stories, seven Civil War novels and two French and Indian War novels. In my spare time I enjoy photography, trout fishing, deer hunting, and Civil War reenacting. I belong to the Company I Bucktail unit of of McKean County in Pennsylvania.
Dark Pursuit (Emily Stone Series Book 5)
Description
<p>AWARD WINNER for ACTION - 2015 International Book Awards Readers' Favorite<br />SECOND PLACE AWARD WINNER - 2015 East Texas Writers Guild First Chapter Book Awards<br /><br />Vigilante detective Emily Stone has covertly hunted down killers and closed more serial cases than most seasoned homicide cops combined. Her exceptional profiling skills and forensic techniques, along with deductive crime scene investigations, have made her a compelling force that cannot be beat.<br />She has reached her ultimate breaking point and now must face her toughest opponent yet – her biggest fears.<br /><br />With preciseness, the Tick-Tock Killer has taken his next child victim and promised to dump the body precisely four days later, mocking police and the community. Stone struggles to balance her inner demons and ghosts from the past, against the wits of a brutal and cunning serial killer in an all-out battle of psychological warfare.<br /><br />Can Stone save the next child in time? Dark Pursuit is an action-packed cat and mouse game that will take you to dark places rarely explored.<br /><br /><br />From the Award-winning Emily Stone Thriller Series:<br /><br />“… a highly recommended pick!” The Midwest Book Review<br /><br />“Intriguing alpha female character… impressive action scenes.” Kirkus Reviews<br /><br />“The writing is impeccable and the story is fresh and tight.” Best Selling Author Gary Ponzo<br /> </p>
Story Behind The Book
Watching a French and Indian War battle reenactment at Cook's Forest State Park in Western Pennsylvania inspired me to write this book. I added photos of Indian, British and American militia reenactors to add realism. As a boy, I also enjoyed reading about Eastern mountain men and early pioneers that influenced the portrayal of my main characters--Lightnin' Jack Hawkins, Bearbite Bob Winslow, Will "Big Cat" Cutler, and Alexander MacDonald.
Reviews
<em>Attack in the Alleghenies</em> by William P. Robertson is well-crafted historical fiction set in mid-eighteenth century Pennsylvania. Author Robertson's careful attention to detail would make this book a useful addition to middle school social studies supplemental reading lists, especially in, but not limited to, Pennsylvania schools. The book is easy reading for a young person, and many middle-school-aged boys would find the savage scenes of torture and scalp taking to be fascinating, which might motivate them to take more of an interest in local history. The book should also prove of interest to adult readers with a bent toward this particular setting and historical period.<br /><br />The novel follows the adventures of Lightnin' Jack Hawkins and his trapper friends, dour Alexander MacDonald, ancient Bearbite Bob Winslow and young Will Cutler and their Indian wives Little Mink, Gathering Flowers, Bear Woman, and Bright Star, from Hawkins' capture by "rum selling vermin" to his adoption into the Delaware tribe at Kit-Han-Ne to the defeat of the tribe and the death of charismatic chief, Captain Jacobs at the Battle of Kittanning (Kit-Han-Ne)<br /><br />Attack in the Alleghenies is a well put-together book, illustrated with photographs from French and Indian War reenactments and includes an introduction that clearly delineates the historic events covered by the novel, a bibliography, glossary, and a list of characters both fictional and historic.<br /><br />by Ron Welton <br />http://www.LibraryThing.com
