About the Author
I've been a writer, in one form or another, for as long as I can remember. First, it was lyrics for various bands that needed a drummer/vocalist/songwriter. Eventually, the gigs became too demanding, but the need for a creative outlet never faded. I began writing more and playing less. The steady stream of story ideas flows more every day, and I love where they take me. I may be the one who brings these characters into being, but from there, they take over. They let me know when I've written a dialogue line contrary to their persona. They reveal where the story should go, and I'm only too happy to follow.
ARTHUR BLADE
TAKES THE BRONZE!
CIA Director of Counterintelligence Arthur Blade has weeks to live. An experimental procedure offers the only hope of survival, and a segment of his brain is transplanted into a dying Navy SEAL. He lives on with a mind honed by decades of tradecraft in the body of a young warrior. The ultimate agent. His enemies quickly take aim at their most deadly nemesis but soon learn it is nearly impossible to kill a ghost.
Arthur Blade And The Red Tide
The ultimate spy is back in the exciting sequel to the award-winning novel The Second Life Of Arthur Blade.
Blade uncovers an impending attack by China and Russia.
The Red Tide is coming! Russian computer wizards, the Volta brothers, hold the key to stopping the attack. Blade travels to Sosnovy Bor to bargain for their cooperation, only to confront his old nemesis, the alluring and deadly Veronnika. The countdown to Armageddon has begun.
In our darkest hour, one man alone can save a nation.
ENEMY WITHIN THE GATES
A covert military mission threatens the aspirations of political newcomer Katherine Karlson and her run for the presidency. She devises a plan to scuttle the mission, destroying all hope for peace in the Middle East. Her daughter is the only witness and demands that her mother undo the treasonous act. Karlson is forced to choose between the highest office in the land and her only child, which also means silencing everyone who learned of the crime.
The most deadly adversary is the one you don't see coming. The one you trust, standing beside you within the gates.
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ANOTHER MILESTONE
My unpublished thriller,
DEATH IS NOT ALWAYS THOROUGH
has won the Florida Writers Association's gold medal.
Grace Cummings stared horrified as her husband's experimental jet exploded overhead. Two years later, she uncovers evidence proving his plane was sabotaged. But the killers strike again. Grace falls against her red convertible, trapping her essence within the car that becomes her sheet metal prison.
For fifty years, the car is bought and sold before being purchased by Allison, a young college coed. The imprisoned spirit reveals herself through the radio. A bond is formed, and together, they search for clues of cold-war espionage and murder while being pursued by a psychopath bent on destroying the car that nearly killed him.
Are you a fan of
short stories?
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine features some of the world's best authors, and the November 2024 issue features the debut short story by Richard Drummer.
The Death Of Iggy In The Key of G is a short murder mystery centered around the music scene, much of it taken from my gigging days in Detroit. Can you tell where the truth ends and the fiction begins?
Speaking of
short stories...
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'Prey For Me, my short killer thriller, won first place in the Gulf Coast Writer's contest.
I love the format of the short story nearly as much as diving into a novel project. While it takes me the better part of a year to complete a full-length manuscript, short stories are a welcome distraction. Prey For Me can be viewed on the Gulf Coast Writers website:
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WHAT'S NEXT?
The third book of Arthur Blade, THE THIRTEEN STAR COUNCIL, has a projected release date of mid 2026. I'm currently collecting villains and sub-plots and expect the real work to begin once I finish my current project, THE CHRONICLES OF MARKUS STARK. Three of the brilliant computer engineers who designed the world's most powerful AI computer are dead. The fourth, Markus Stark, is being hunted for their murder. But Stark is the only one who can stop their creation, Atlas, from rewriting its own programming and starting World War III.
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