Ted Simmons

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Sandstorm    

     Sandstorm is the story of one young American caught behind enemy lines when Saddam Hussein's Iraqi army invades Kuwait in 1990 . Jeff has no idea he’s been caught in the first strike of a local war which will, over the years, threaten to mess up the whole world. During his traumatic week, he’s just trying to stay alive.

 Diablo Creek
ISBN: 978-0-9776958-7-4

Website: http://cypresspublications.com/

     Sixteen-year-old Peter Grayson and his pal Jerrod rescue a nearly drowned young Hispanic man from raging floodwaters. He refuses to give the boys any clue about the terrible place from which has escaped.
     After leaving their care, Pedros lifeless body is found floating in the waters of Diablo Creek. Pete and Jerrod's quest for the truth leads them into a deepening spiral of danger and corruption.
     Will the waters of Diablo Creek claim more victims?

White Heat, White Ashes
ISBN: 978-1-935083-00-9

Website: http://cypresspublications.com/

     Coming of age is never easy, especially for 
seventeen-year-old Peter Grayson. Still grieving his fathers suicide, 
Peter and his mother move to a small Texas town. Other than his 
girlfriend Jennifer and best friend Jerrod, Peter finds it difficult to 
fit in.
     When a family of Hispanic workers is killed in a tragic fire, Peter is 
scrutinized by the police. Suddenly, his world makes little sense. His 
best friend ignores him, and he is lured into the frightening world of
 a secret militia.
     Peter becomes the unlikely hero: saving Jerrod and his sister, 
undermining a second hate-crime tragedy, and finding the courage to 
believe in his convictions. 

"White Heat, White Ashes" is a fast-paced, dramatic adventure told 
with humor, compassion, and huge doses of the reality of the 
underbelly of racial bigotry.--Rhett DeVane, author of 
"The Madhatters Guide to Chocolate" and "Up the Devils Belly"

Ted Simmons

     In his prior life, Ted enjoyed a career as an oil company technology manager. He and his family lived and traveled in some of the most exotic places on the planet. The novel, Sandstorm, was inspired by the need to leave house, dog, and belongings, and flee Kuwait after the Iraqi invasion in 1990.
     Ted Simmons is active in the writing community. He was Chairman of the Houston Writers’ Conference in 2000 and is currently Treasurer and Past-President of the Tallahassee Writers’ Association.