Whirlwind I begins with Towner getting a phone call from Pynchon's editor and mentor to Jackie Kennedy.  The phone call initiates a murder which may signal a war between factions guarding a two thousand year old secret about Jesus Christ.  Towner and his volunteer bodyguards, a tough thug from his boyhood home and a suave British spy, battle their way through the desert South West and are initiated into the mystery by a jolly professer, The Otter.  Through the arcane and the simply devious, Towner confronts his enemy's secret society back in New York with fatal consequences to confirm the existence of the "Secret". Whirlwind II, "When the Russians Wouldn't Play" finds Towner in 1984 at the age of 41. He has finally succeeded at management consulting and has landed a series of assignments in Chicago where he lives at the foot of Greek Town. Naturally, for Towner, management consulting is not the road to riches.  Whirlwind II continues the story but, now, with access to the secret society's forbidden files, a series of allegorical stories from the year 1360.  The stories tell a legend of a knight, Galaden, and his squire, Boffin, as they quest from the Midi to Scotland on a mission to save Constantinople.  In this book we discover the "cancer at the heart of the Church". Whirlwind III:  When There Were No Shadows follows Towner on both a physical and metaphysical journey.  During the travel from the Tropic of Capricorn to the Tropic of Cancer Towner discovers the true nature of "The Whirlwind" and the truth about himself. Whether you're a history buff, a conspiracy buff, or into sword and sorcery, you're going to like these books. Enjoy the mystery(s).

Book Excerpt

Excerpted from  Whirlwind II: Towner in Chicago: It was kind of hard to believe that a hundred million dollar company was only putting three hundred and fifty seven thousand dollars on the bottom line.  With no union, church contacts, contractual manufacturing costs and a bunch of low paid drones and geezers outside in the squad bays, they ought to be knocking down fifteen points.  It was difficult to manage at that level of incompetence.  I figured somebody was doing some raking.  That would be John, Joe or Tony.  Well, there's always some of that.  Cash businesses are tax dodger heaven.  It's not if they're skimming, it's how much.  I had one small client last year wasn't skimming enough so I told him how.  Just another service.  Shit, I'm not a friend of the I. R. S. either. Well, my bet was Uncle Joe and Tony.  Their salaries were too low at only a hundred K a year apiece.  I'd bet they were splitting another four hundred K between them.  That would put it about right.  I could work out a plan to give Daddy John a million a year.  That could get him by in Boca.  And give Joe and Tony each a little more than what they were getting now.  I could even boost old Anne to a hundred K a year for what looked like her last couple of years of bumbling around in the outer office and assigning work to the cute one with the big tits.  And everybody would be happy. All I had to do was figure out how to do it.

The End?

In Volume II of The Whirlwind:  When the Russians Wouldn't Play, all of the threads of the story come together to weave a tapestry of a global conspiracy where truth stands on its head.  The Illuminati-like secret society's secret is revealed for what it is and its ancient adversary is exposed. Naturally, Towner is right in the middle, mostly confused and never the hero.  The unexpected part is he finds love in his home town.  The bad part is it's forbidden love with a gangster's daughter.