Book One of the Hammer Springs series

My latest book, historical fiction of the Forgotten War era.

This story began with book 3 when it was only one book, but needs must and four books it will be.

Meet Sam Graves and Jimmy Vauhn, blood brothers and polar opposites. As they wait to be drafted, Hammer Springs is rife with things to take their minds away from war. But when Sam falls for a girl (and she falls back), things go from bad to worse.

Hammer Springs is a near-coastal town on the gulf of Mexico in northern Florida. Be warned, it’s 1949 and 1950 in this book. Race relations and racial words were different then (I restrained myself from the truly ugly words, but…).

Note that handsome devil on the cover. That’s my 18-old-father (he wasn’t my father yet, and wouldn’t be for another 17 years). He lent his face to the character, but that’s all.

Originally, I tried to write Sam as me at 18, but he became a totally unlikable, hyper-immature, jerk of a character, so now he’s his own man, striving for a future he doesn’t think he can have.

This is a new adult novel (Amazon made it a young adult novel, because they don’t recognize New Adult yet), that according to a couple beta readers, can be enjoyed by any age. So buy it. For yourself, for your friends, for your family, for strangers… just buy it!

Note, Sam will be growing and maturing through the series. He’s fairly clueless in this one, but each book moves him further into maturity and closer to faith.