Last week my editor submitted her final feedback on my next book Last Harvest. I will spend the rest of this month reviewing the edits and making final revisions to the manuscript. The book is due at the publisher December 1. It’s exciting to have the finish line in sight.

Writing this book has been a stretch for me. It’s very different from the two thrillers I’ve published. There are some elements of science fiction and technology in it, yet it is also a story about how progress has impacted rural America. At the heart of the book is the relationship between a father and son and how those changes are forcing difficult decisions about the future of their small farm.

This story has been a long time in the making. The idea orginated in my childhood as I sat in the cab of my dad’s Gleaner combine and pretended I was driving a spaceship. This was the late 1960s and 70s, the era of moon landings and astronauts. It was also a time when small farms dominated the rural community where I grew up. Most of those small farms are now gone and the landscape is now dominated by mega farms.

It’s hard to believe the book is almost ready for publication. I’m excited for you to read it, but sorry that you’ll have to wait until May or June for its release.