Wind turbines atop the Rockies. Nuclear plants in the Artic. A revolutionary material that enables flawless transmission of electricity over vast distances and solves all the world’s energy problems. A dream to access unlimited electrical power? Or a nightmare for the people who scratch their living from harvesting fossil fuels?

This billion-dollar formula falls into the hands of Dave Anderson, a young electrical engineer, after his friend and mentor is killed in an industrial accident. Shaken, Dave returns to his family home in a coal-mining valley of West Virginia, carrying a secret that could destroy that world. And all the other tiny worlds that exist to mine the black gold.

Dave is pursued. By his mentor’s heirs who lay claim to the formula. By police warrants that question his involvement in the accident. And by a ruthless group who engineered the disaster and now want the formula that has thus far eluded them. Dave’s struggle over the ethics of such a world-changing invention is quickly eclipsed by the simple need to stay alive. And to keep his mentor’s killers from reaping the reward of their murderous schemes.

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A Note from the Author:

I’ve been writing tales of fantasy and fancy for more than four decades now, the works growing with me and me with them. Along the way, I married Maggie, the love of my life, and raised three astonishing daughters in the town of Latrobe PA (home of Mr. Rogers, Arnold Palmer, and the banana split).

I paid the bills by working for a carbide company, starting as a janitor and working my way to senior engineer, which supplied much of the background necessary for a techno-thriller. THE CONDUCTOR is my magnum opus, the fusion of these two sections of my life at which I have gradually come to excel, and it is dedicated to the company and the people who have taught me so much about science, about conflict, and about life.