The Promise

 This is the second book and first fictional novel for the author. While specific characters in the novel are fictional, some scenes that are descripted occur fictionally in places that once existed and some places in the novel still exist. They play a major role in telling a gripping story that can and could occur. Richard Wayne Hatley had lived and worked in some of those places. He has known some of the people that are like some of the characters in this novel. There are no actual people depicted in this book with the exception of people that are mentioned from a historical basis. There are references to events that may and did occur in the time frame of the novel. There are no attempts to document any reasons for any other than the occurrence of those events. The characters depicted in this novel are fictional. They are not based on any person who ever existed. Any resemblance to a living person is unintended. This novel is written for the enjoyment of the reader and is neither an endorsement nor a criticism of any existing person, place, government, institution, or religion.