Thank you so much for composing this fascinating biography. You make Augustine seem more the Man of the Hour than a dusty scholar from the 5th century. The final paragraph of your “Preface to the New Edition” is worth the price of the book in itself.

Highly recommended to everyone on earth. Vale.

I happened upon his book, A Cry of Angels, many moons ago. Jeff, and his magical, miraculous book, changed my life in the worst way.

Jeff made me want to look at my world as he saw his, full of sun and smoke, laughter and love. Jeff made me want to write, which is one of the worst things to wish upon a person.

You see, his book is up there with Harper Lee and Mark Twain. It gets under your skin. Every time I step in mud, I think of Jeff’s description of “work-stained men in clay-crusted brogans.”

It’s a blessing — and a curse — to breathe in this book and roll along with Earl, Tio, Em Jojohn, Jayell and that feisty Southern Venus named Phaedra Boggs. You want to climb into an inner tube on the river and hold on and never let go.

When you do let go and return to dry land, you feel your life is enriched. The last line of Jeff’s book still pierces my heart.

That’s the way it is with a curse. It sticks with you all your life, and just sometimes you’re a better man for it. I became a writer, and Jeff’s book is always here.

I’m thinking that this curse may be a blessing, after all.

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Book Four of The Outcasts Series is now available around the world!

The end has come … not only for the Outcasts but all of Dulunae. Dormant volcanoes awaken and explode, pouring fire streams across the surface. From the inferno emerge Antibody Omegas, the ultimate agents of death and destruction.

Their single mission is to pave the way for the malevolent being known only as CH’NOPS. CH’NOPS rises slowly, inevitably, from the depths of the planet, fulfilling its dark destiny.

Meanwhile, the intrepid band of teenaged girls and boys known as Outcasts forge their way to HayVen, a place of safety that may or may not exist. In past adventures, they have relied on a young man named Jax to scout for safety and the miraculous baby named Found to guide them. Now, Jax is missing. And Found becomes ill.

As powerful birds known as G’unk-g’unks carry the Outcasts through treacherous terrain, ravenous animals of all descriptions lurk in the darkness. Grim alliances form. Shadow Beasts emerge with dubious motives as a key to victory … or brutal defeat.

Join Gyro, Marina, Jax, Lynai’seth and the other Outcasts as they race towards their destiny in this, the latest chapter of the thrilling Outcasts Series. All will be revealed in the shocking ending!

Danger lurks at every step of the journey. Mindless armies of Antibodies relentlessly attack the Outcasts. Chitin — an invulnerable new breed of creature — strikes silently with lethal razor-sharp pincers. Below the scarred face of Dulunae, hideous monsters wrap poisonous tentacles around their victims.

A brutal being known only as CH’NOPS sows seeds of destruction.

Action reaches a breakneck pace as hordes of Shadow Beasts surround the Font of Knowledge where the Outcasts are hiding. Is the Font the HayVen they seek or an illusive trap? Can the Outcasts overcome their differences in language and culture to save themselves?