Description
<p>When Jessica Bryant pesters her wealthy parents to allow her to have a dog as a pet, the answer is a resounding "No"; but they soon come to regret their decision when thier home is broken into one evening whilst they are out and their daughter kidnapped and held for ransom. The kidnappers, in the form of four seedy and incompetent characters wearing Disneyland-type masks, take her hostage and keep her incarcerated in a place from which there appears to be no escape. However, they reckon without the resourcefulness of our heroine, and the courage of a wonderful stray dog who comes to her aid and whom she names 'Murdo'. And so begins an exciting and humurous accounting of the couples' adventures together as they consistently foil and outwit the abductors whilst on the run together.<br /> This is a lovely story of the friendship between a girl and a dog, bringing out themes of responsibility, camaraderie, redemption, salvation and self-sacrifice. It includes some wonderful dialogue sequences as Jessica teaches her new four-legged friend how to communicate with her, with additional delightful conversations between the animals when a rabbit and a sparrow join forces with them in an effort to outwit the kidnappers and restore Jessica safely back to her parents' home. </p>
Story Behind The Book
Didn't you ever listen to the news or read about the oil prices going up and down and felt helpless to do anything about it? Did you ever wonder if there were any other way out of this oil situation that not only fuels our energy needs but also is the backdrop for the politics between nations as everyone struggles for resources? One night I dreamed up a design for free energy and six months later began writing Reach For The Sky. Halfway through I read about Nikola Tesla and realized that he already had a design that was ridiculed back in the 1930s even though he proved the concept. I decided then to incorporate briefly the incident in my story where my protagonist Mike Miller discovers Tesla's lost notebooks. There must be a reason why this never saw the light of day. My novel explores those reasons with explosive conclusions and a story that is non stop entertaining.
