Verna MacLean's "Farewell Rhilochan"

5.5" X 8.5" Paperback Perfect Bound, 320 Pages ISBN 1-59404-009-5 Classic Day Publishing

A tale of love, loss and hope set during the Highland Clearances of 1806, Farewell Rhilochan is the saga of Catherine Macfarlane, a young, uneducated woman who is driven from her torched home along with family and friends and plummeted into the expanses of rugged Scotland. The journey, blighted by injustice, draws Catherine’s eyes to new horizons, as she is torn between loyalty to her clan and yearning for a world beyond the grasp of the ancient lords. With each painful step, she hopes to again find Euan, her childhood love, although he remains lost in her memory of their beloved land. As they hear stories of the Americas, rising as beckoning lights from a dark sea, obscured by legends of those who went and never returned, a land filled with exiles and savages, will they yet have the courage and strength to consider yet a greater passage?

"The characters are fictional, but the history is real, and this is a story we should all know."

—Mary Israel, Assistant Professor Retired, Drama and Theatre, Queens College, City University of New York

"This book is a wonderful change from the usual racing plot stories with no real character analysis."

—Sharon Krachunis, Docent, Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque, NM

Kenneth MacLean's "The Mind Keepers"

5.375" X 8.375" Paperback Perfect Bound, 340 Pages ISBN 0-917098-07-2 New World Press

Mike Neilly wanted a simple life in a small town. When someone kills his best friend, Neilly is drawn back into the danger of his former life as an FBI Agent to find the murderer. As he quietly stalks the killer’s steps, he finds far more than a singular threat. A secret dread is enveloping Morton City with a force fed by international politics and secret government experiments. Those who resist can have their thoughts forcibly altered, hear bodiless voices speaking in the dark, or be killed without a trace. Large populations can be controlled unaware. Running moments beyond certain death, Neilly won’t give up until the killer is caught and the power revealed—unless they can stop him.

"Kenneth MacLean's new novel, The Mind Keepers, a distinctly well-crafted thriller by a gifted American poet, delivers a realistic and compelling, cautionary tale with serious political implications."

—Robert Bonazzi, Book Columnist, San Antonio Express-News;
Author of Man in the Mirror: John Howard Griffin and the Story of Black Like Me

"Fiction so ably rides the rail between reality and possible reality...The Mind Keepers is a well-written, easy read that captures your attention and reminds you that if you can imagine it, it is possible!”

—Beverly Coleman, U.S. Psychotronics Association