Steve Stroble: 13 books

Egypt is on the brink of civil war. It's not present day but 1882, when an American journalist and British soldier meet in Alexandria and become co-authors, eventually writing a book about their dangerous times. The journalist finds the big story he's been searching for and sells it to newspapers...

“For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil” (1Timothy 6:10)“The lust for gold is a root of a whole lot more evil.” (Unknown miner, California, 1849)Seventeen year old Thomas Schmidt loves his beer. But too much of it one night and a tragic fight at the local Gasthaus sends...

In 2095, becoming and being a parent is complicated but eliminating grandchildren is profitable. Bud Lee believes he has proof that his boss is plotting to decide Earth's fate by recruiting surrogate children into a think tank named The Club. Only one other agrees to help him, a ghostwriter more convinced...

Cleo loses her direction and happy home during her nightly prowl after a nasty neighbor upset by her trespassing on his rose garden traps her and releases her into the wild.

The silent coup against the President succeeds and fulfills Danny Trang's recurring nightmares of martial law killing innocent Americans. Will Danny's connecting with his neighbors be enough to protect them?

After Russian astronomer Ursula Petrovich discovers a huge solar storm heading toward Earth, nations scramble to prepare for the natural disaster that might render electrical grids and computer systems and connections inoperable. But one nation sees an opportunity to combine an unnatural disaster with the fast approaching natural one and inflict havoc on its enemy.

Born in the placid 1950s, raised in the turbulent 1960s, and come of age in the selfish 1970s, Sam Smaltz just wants to be left alone. But being sandwiched between the Greatest Generation and Gen X and the Millennials offers him no such comfort. As a Baby Boomer, he does not get to be a respected...

It's been said, "If you can remember the 60s, you weren't there." The saying "If you can remember the 70s, you were there" is even more true. On the eve of 1970, four former bandmates of the rock group The Aspirations have their lives changed forever by the war in Vietnam and draft...

“Inside every man dwells two wolves.” – Cherokee legend “The howl of the wolf echoes humans crying for a place to belong” – Gray Wolf, Kentucky, 1899 Political movements demand government ownership of businesses, less immigration to America, universal health care, and other...

A collection of short stories: Pink Belly Man -- One of bully Pink Belly Man's victims seeks revenge years later. Working by Committee -- Three men and three women report to find answers about UFOs and Alien Abductions. I Quit -- Guitar player and singer is odd man out as his bandmates...

Collection of short stories: What Smells? -- Little girl's fascination with garbage trucks takes her on a wild ride. Revenge of the Undead -- Promoting and marketing self-published books turns out to be harder than it seems for an author and her book's marketer. Riding the Bullet...

You can run but the shadow of The Bomb falls wherever you might go.For Jason and his fiancé Thelma, the bomb meant he never had to invade Japan and maybe die or at least be wounded. For Fred, the bomb means guilt and fear, wondering why it had to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki as his wife Sally...

Wayne Sundowner's life unravels after his mother abandons him at the police station and only his Grandma Cathy agrees to take custody of him. Stuck in Bakersfield, Wayne learns details of his past that anger him even more. An acquaintance, Rex Lafyte, tries to mentor Wayne. But Rex has problems of...