NOVELS
BY
DARRELL PRUETT
BY
DARRELL PRUETT
May, 1997: The small outdated town of Wilmington, Virginia is shocked at the discovery of a human skeleton buried beneath the rocks at Star's crossing. The old abandoned ninety-foot high railroad trestle support wall located there in the foothills of the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains had hosted few visitors since the trestle was demolished a year ago. Now the grim discovery of the as yet unidentified remains was about to set off a chain of events that would rock the conservative community to its core.
FBI Agent Richard Stone alternatively pursues and is pursued by a menacing Turkish assassin/mercenary known only as Abdulmecid. Stone wrestles with his own self-doubt while a mysterious psychological force threatens to destroy his closest friends and associates and the entire legal and political network in Washington, D.C. Will Stone succumb to the power of the Shadow?
A young Ivy League research Ph.D. develops an antibody that shows promise against the AIDS virus. The Food and Drug Administration refuses to allow Dr. Elizabeth Bach to test her antibody on human patients without further extensive, time-consuming in-vitro testing. In desperation she uses it on a friend who is dying from the virus.
Darrell Pruett developed an affinity for writing under the aegis of Mrs. Ruth Farlow Uyesugi, his high school journalism teacher, in his home town of Paoli, Indiana. Since he always preferred to do things the hard way, he allowed his writing endeavors to take a back seat, first to a four year stint in the U.S. Air Force. Then came a business career, the pursuit of an education (obtaining two business degrees including an MBA in business, all obtained in evening school), and a busy family life. Three years ago, Darrell's writing urges had finally re-emerged. Once started, he soon created the FBI mystery/thriller titled "The Power of the Shadow", Denlinger's, 2002, (again the hard way, at nights and over weekends). Then came this novel, his second, which is the medical mystery, "Call Me Liz" dedicated to the trials and tribulations his daughter incurred during her PhD AIDS research work at Harvard University. Pruett's third novel, "The Pact at Star's Crossing", Denlinger's, 2000, germinated from Darrell's high school days in small-town southern Indiana.
Pruett and his wife Patricia presently reside in a suburb of Springfield, in western Massachusetts. His daughter Robin and her family live in a near by Boston community.
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Pruett and his wife Patricia presently reside in a suburb of Springfield, in western Massachusetts. His daughter Robin and her family live in a near by Boston community.
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