April 2019
Playing Chess with God
by Verne R. Albright
NUMBER ONE on Calgary Herald’s BEST-SELLER List!
Five Star Rating at Amazon and Goodreads!
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SUMMARY:
Henning Dietzel, at the urging of a Chilean prostitute named Encinas, investigates rumors of gold in California prior to the 1849 rush. Intrigued he heads to the Gold Country to stake his claim. When others flee a brutal winter, Henning perseveres, and by the time the Forty-Niners arrive, he’s already a wealthy young man.
His saga is a sweeping tale of fortune and misfortune, discovery and tragedy, love and loss. From the backwaters and boardrooms of early San Francisco to malaria infested jungles and a guano island off the coast of Peru, Henning’s search for meaning and purpose eventually brings him to realize that all that glitters is not necessarily gold.
What Readers Are Saying:
Rich cast of characters…Didn’t want to put it down…Would make a delightful gift…Looking forward to more books by this author…Clever dialogue…Intriguing and fascinating…Brilliantly written!
Press Review:
“Written by an author with a genuine flair for originality, deftly crafted narrative storytelling, and a knack for creating memorable characters.” Midwest Book Review
The Wrath of God
by Verne R. Albright
Features Epic 500 Mile Desert Horse Race between 2 Peruvian Pasos
NUMBER FIVE on Calgary Herald’s BEST-SELLER List!
Glowing Reviews at Amazon and Goodreads!
Sequel to Playing Chess with God
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SUMMARY:
Henning Dietzel’s attempt to rebuild his businesses—destroyed by a massive tidal wave—is complicated by a desire to also enjoy a satisfying personal life. Quick to recognize opportunity, he amasses an agricultural empire the size of a small country. But his fortunes rise and fall during three disastrous wars followed by struggles with an unscrupulous competitor, a crooked judge, and a slave trader.
All the while he doggedly courts Martine Prado, a feisty, beautiful, seemingly unattainable Peruvian aristocrat whose liberation is a century ahead of its time. Henning accepts her proposal of a mutually advantageous marriage, which combines their haciendas. Rocky at first, the relationship improves until an astonishing, out-of-nowhere answer to Henning’s prayers threatens to destroy it.
What Readers Are Saying:
Wonderful read…Couldn’t put it down…Many twists and turns…A grand adventure…Takes you on a real adventure, looking forward to what unfolds next…Its twists and turns leave you wanting more!
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Verne R. Albright – Author Bio
“My earliest memory,” six foot, nine inch Verne Albright remembers, “is of an English class where the teacher assigned a one-page story. The other students’ reaction was summed up by a boy who exclaimed, ‘How will I ever write a whole page!’ I however, wrote twenty and in the process discovered my life’s first passion.”
At twenty-one, Verne traveled to Peru and was enchanted by the country and its people. During that first visit he, his wife, and their year-old daughter traveled by jeep in the Andes Mountains of four nations. Over the next half-century he returned to Peru sixty-four times and imported over two hundred of its Paso horses—including a pair he took overland to California, a nine-month trek of over five thousand miles in eleven nations. Riding much of the way, he came face-to-face with killer deserts, witch doctors, bandits, avalanches, poisonous reptiles, vampire bats, and a violent revolution. His next book The Ultimate Trail Ride, is a rewrite for general audiences of his Best-Seller about that journey.
“Finding a true calling is a miracle experienced by few,” he once said, “and Peru provided me with two. I promoted its Paso horses world-wide for over fifty years and more recently began writing historical fiction set in its fascinating past and rich culture.”
Verne is a master story teller and his novels are so well written that they’ve already begun appearing on Best-Seller Lists. And why not? He has lived adventures at least as exciting as the ones about which he writes.