James Gerard: 35 books

MOST WRITTEN STORIES, TRUE OR NOT, start at the beginning or the end. The former is understandable from anyone’s viewpoint; it’s a fairly standard narrative process. The latter is often used for purposes of creativity, pathos, or some other literary device the author felt important to the telling...

For young Bill, the one time child mathematical prodigy, life is good--very, very good. After graduation from one of the finest universities in the world, he and three of his fellow prodigies are hired by a private business consortium. The consortium consists of powerful individuals that are seeking...

A Plea and the Two Witnesses consist of a letter and two short stories that may seem rather different from one another, yet are written with the same hand. And while the letter is rooted in fiction, the two short stories are written in reality. And while each was written with the same inspiration...

In The Visiting Stranger, George, an ederly man in the final stages of an incurable cancer, is near the end of his life. As he cries in pain while lying in his hospital bed, an unexpected visitor comes into the dark room. The visitor claims to have known George all his life, and also claims that he...

Gillian awaits his fate high in the tower dungeon of a castle. Slated to be a sacrifice to the Evil Skylight, he cannot but think about the day the entity visited him. The visit ran contrary to the Ancients' teachings. The entity brought light and warmth and comfort to the freezing cell. And if Gillian...

Leaving Christendom for Good argues that the solution to some of the most troubling tensions in the life of the Catholic Church since Vatican II can be found in the council’s document Gaudium et spes. This text’s view of the church’s mission and social relationships as dialogical has the capacity...

Solutions: The Dilemma of Faith is the sixth story in a series of seven that explores one's relationship with self, others, and ultimately with our Lord God. The story picks up years later where The Dilemma for Men ends.  In this story, the death of Mary's daughter, Melissa, from an auto accident...

Do you know there is an easy way to escape all of your fears and pain and hurt in life? Well there is. For Jimmy, a young boy terrified by tidal waves and taken away from his home by a man who claims to love him like a brother, the escape from such terrifying events comes from a power that was within...

Since childhood Charisse has conspired with her best friend to completely destroy the man that made her mother's life a living hell and her life a life filled with emotional pain and hurt and misery. With the passing of her mother, she and her best friend decide that now is the time to go after the...

Solutions: The Dilemma for the Gods is the fourth story in a series of seven that examines one's relationship with self, others, and ultimately with our Lord God. The story picks up many, many years after The Dilemma of Hopelessness ended.  In this story Terrance, a man in rebellion of the Gods and...

Solutions: A Man's Dilemma is the second story in the series of seven that examines one's relationship with self, others, and ultimately our Lord God. The story picks up a few years later where A Dog's Dilemma left off.  In this story Stephen, a former FBI agent, is called to duty by the U.S. Crisis...

Jerry, just having satisfied his curiosity by traveling down that road that led, to his surprise, the Yukon River, now has another itch to scratch: what is up the river? Still captivated by the river's raw beauty, Jerry just has to find out. While the Fall season is still providing the river with...

Fact-Finding before the International Court of Justice examines a number of significant recent criticisms of the way in which the ICJ deals with facts. The book takes the position that such criticisms are warranted and that the ICJ's current approach to fact-finding falls short of adequacy, both in...

I'm not unlike you.  Even though I am old and you are young, we share the same past, present, and future.   Having doubts are you?  Tell me, are you afraid?  How can you be afraid of that which you do not know?  Look into my eyes and search out my inner being.  For it is the same...