"In novel form, the book is much more than the simple account of the extinction of a species of bird. It's a touching and moving narrative of the bewildered attempts of the bird to lead a normal life and yet, at the same time, a shocking and revolting exposé of man's shortsightedness and lack of understanding of even elementary conservation practices. It's a forewarning of doom for many other species unless concrete and immediate action is taken to preserve them; in short, this is one of the best written, most touching books ever produced."

—Baton Rouge Sunday Advocate

"Eckert makes clear, in a moving story...how Americans wiped off the earth a gentle, harmless, beautiful bird."

—Publishers Weekly

"This spare and affecting novel has the precision and the stinging sweetness of a fable... a wonderful book."

A whimsical collection of popular sci-fi subjects done with a few new twist. A citizen of a very strict society gets three years at a prison colony for a bad haircut. A quick-draw artist from the future goes back to the Old West to see how he measures up against the real thing. Some time-traveling pilgrims get a surprise when they go back to meet Jesus. The stories are short, to the point, and fun to read. Forty “Zonets” for your approval.

Have you ever felt that you weren't doing enough good, that you weren't doing enough to help others who are suffering? Jeremiah Dreeman had these thoughts. He is a lawyer working for the Legal Aid Society in New York City. Unlike his fellow graduates from law school, he wasn't in the job for riches. He wanted only to serve others, to give of himself. But Jeremiah's altruism was its own form of greed. Where others wanted more possessions, Jeremiah wanted to do more good. He wouldn't be satisfied with doing his small part, and he was willing to give away his very salvation to try and save all of mankind. But Jeremiah discovers that being too good can be corrupting, and there is a terrible price to be paid by many.

63-year old Dix Blackman is cracking up. His children have abandoned him. His wife is now the new séance director at the local 'Believers Brethren' Church. His body is showing signs of early decay. And now, about ready to retire, his lifetime of toil put to rest, he finds that he can't sleep, that he daydreams at work, that he even tailgates complete strangers thinking that he knows them. But that is not the worst of it. That little fixation of his, the one that's troubled his mind for the past 40 years. Well guess what? It's now a full-blown obsession. Saturn's Rings is the first of 10 stories dealing with the question of what it means to be human. From 'Duck' in the story Pigeon Tales, an account of a rambunctious 8 year old girl who shocks her sister by doing the unthinkable, to God, the basketball junkie in So-long Charlie, the Man Upstairs who dodges questions about his responsibility in all things bad, to Soakie Dickerman in the story Wacky, the neurotic, henpecked husband who hopes to prevent his wife from going out with the girls by shoving his head in the oven, to Jay in the story Dark Blue, the father who rather save his own skin than risk going to his son's rescue, psychosis and humanity are delightfully blended together in an amalgam of both fun and pathos.

The hilarious account of the antics that go on in a state prison from the viewpoint of the officers. No imaginative writer could invent the tricks that actually go on in front and behind the officers. Come take a peak inside to learn how the inmate mind works and is usually one step ahead of the men sent to watch him.

Alex and her sister Selene, both suspects in the murder of a cruel stalker, flee their city homes and their embittered mother to find sanctuary at the summer home of old friends. For a while, the sisters do find solace in memories of their childhood holidays, in the mystical landscape, and in the company of the women regulars of the Bethel Hills. But as the days pass, the men in their lives become sewn into the fabric of their yearnings; dark secrets unfold about the past and the disturbing truth about the stalker's murder. Alex begins the search for her troubled mother's heart, and journeys toward her own spiritual center.

I’ve been searching through iUniverse’s 13,000 titles for books to include for your enjoyment and amusement, books to frighten and hold you spellbound, books to make you think (if you want to). But I’ve never seen a novel like the one that is summarized to the right. I didn’t provide the title or the cover. I’ll send the first three people, who can correctly provide the name and author of this book, a free, autographed copy of my fantasy novel, Cinátis. In an email to me, you must include the title in the subject line, and include the words “free book” in the body of the email. Of course you also need to provide me with a postal mailing address.

Jeff’s career is dead. He’s tossed out of his office by Gunny, an ex-Marine security guard. His wife, Sheila, loves Atlanta, but Jeff can’t stay. After his Boston interview, Sheila is gone with their life savings and her lover. Black-balled in his field, he gives away his house, and points his BMW toward Key West. He is car-jacked in Valdosta, Georgia, robbed and beaten into temporary amnesia. Escaping the care of a gay Valdosta doctor, he does manual labor, until his memory returns. He continues south to Orlando. He meets Joshua, a zealot hauling an eight-foot wooden cross to Elvis’s grave. Taking Joshua’s trailer-park handyman job, he romances the park’s divorcee owner. Later, he rescues an elderly Greek woman from a mugger. He’s adopted by the Mafia-type Greek family. Although fearing her three brothers, he falls in love with the virginal daughter. Sheila returns with a new lover to hunt down Jeff for more cash. Gunny learns that Jeff killed his brother. He attacks, and rapes Sheila. She plans revenge on Gunny, and hunts down Jeff. Gunny follows, feeling Jeff must die. Blood will flow. Jeff would run, but learns he is soon to be a father.

A young man’s hilarious encounters with life, love, and a flock of celebrities. It is as if Forrest Gump’s smarter brother stumbled through the Ivy League on his way to a career as a college professor. A naked jog around Harvard Yard; an unsuccessful effort to become part of the Kennedy clan; wandering in the West Virginia hills looking for long-lost relatives; delivering mail to dead senators on Capitol Hill; catching priceless artifacts thrown by a duchess during the tour of a grand English estate; misplaced nude photographs from a medical photographer; and even a face-to-face encounter with the Queen at Royal Ascot. These outrageously funny stories form a memoir of self-discovery by someone who can never quite learn the lessons of life.

What if the ancient prophets of Israel and other lands were really great wizards, wielding the timeless wisdom and techniques of Jewish mysticism and magic called Kabbalah? What if they were members of a worldwide multicultural group called The Conclave of the Nevee whose goal is to restore humanity to a level of consciousness where the true interconnectedness of all people, things, and traditions is an ever-present reality and the distinction between the magical and the mundane no longer exists? Finally, what if the story of one of the greatest wizards of all time, Elijah the Nevee (Hebrew for "prophet"), is told from his orphaned boyhood beginnings, through his whisking away into the whirlwind wizard training of the magical Conclave, and up to his supposed departure from this world? If Elijah ever left this world, why is the National Security Agency engaged in an operation to recover a repository of scrolls found under the Sphinx after a renowned archaeologist swears that he met Elijah there? In the context of compelling fiction, the author explores and transmits the doctrines of authentic Jewish mysticism in an understandable and entertaining way.

The road before her is twisted. She is looking for them. A doctor. A lawyer. A murderer. They are somewhere out there, in front of her, where the roads wind and wander, where routes end and new avenues begin. There is a map beside her, but she stopped following that long ago. Some journeys have no blueprint. There are turns and detours, dead ends and tricky mazes. The labyrinth called America is a tricky turnpike to travel. She knows just two things as she stares into the white blizzard that nearly obscures the winding street in front of her. There was a beginning. She started this journey in San Diego, but it really all began long before that. Others were on this quest before she joined the pilgrimage east. And there will be an end. But the end isn't so easy as the beginning. The way may become long and dangerous. One can become lost. How many ever get to the place where they belong? Some paths take one to a place of wonder: a location made of wishes and ambition, a better place than home. Many people work hard to get to these ends. Some work for it their entire lives. And then there are the places one finds when they lose their way: scary places fraught with foreignness and ferocity. Most folks end up there without really meaning to. But some actually search it out. They head down that one-way road with reckless abandon. There are each of these types before her, somewhere along the long course: A doctor. His wife. A murderer. And Janet Dice has to follow the twisted road to find them.

"Williams has a gift for writing about the limitless horizons and tough people of America's high plains . . . about hard times, hard work, hard people, and simple pleasures. . . . Read this novel to find out what the land under you really means."

—Kansas City Star

—Romantic Times

—Publishers Weekly

—Jack Higgins