Misfit Toymakers: Author's Edition

Misfit Toymakers is an intrigue of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of the Loves of his life, as Joshua Danz discovers, then navigates the waters of international commerce to make a place in the world for a life where terrorists, politicians, millionaires and thugs aren't trying to kill him. Through it all there is the story of Love, leadership, personal responsibility and redemption. Joshua Danz is a man conflicted by who he is, who he was and who he is not. He awakens to discover that his is a life of wealth and power that must be learned, not earned - that part was already done. He is the master of a massive, global Enterprise, yet somehow subject to it. He is also a man of strong desires and dedications. His love, though quiet and covert is powerful as it drives him to find all truth regarding himself. As he discovers his past, the parts played by others and their intentions, he begins to plot a way out, but not without those he loves. He is one of the most wealthy, nearly unknown men in the world, torn between women, kingdoms, and lives. Misfit Toymakers is a Historical Fiction set in the future. It tells the story of a man who wakes up in an intensive care facility and a state of amnesia. He is told the story of his arrival in this condition and his memories begin to reappear, like a favorite movie, but with an additional lifetime attached. All is a jumble as he learns, for certain, who he is and what has happened. The story is back dropped by the secession of Texas from the Union and the states that follow with it, the politics of the fifty years between now and then, the rise and fall of corporations, mostly fall, and the loves of a man trying to find and carve his own place in the world, where someone isn't trying to kill him. Ethyl is the woman he first came to love, after his recovery, and she is a real piece of work. She is smart, capable, beautiful, sexy and wise. She works for him, as his administrative assistant, and she makes certain that his every command is carried out, and she protects him with her life - a life that is not nearly as long as it looks. Doctor Ilyssa Marquez - Doc - was born in Mexico and is a genuine genius, medical doctor that had her Bachelors at sixteen, Masters at eighteen and before she was thirty had perfected the hardware and surgeries that would rebuild Joshua, almost from scratch. Beautiful, brilliant, engaging in every way!Mike Rollins is Joshua's friend, pilot, drinking buddy and manager of all his flying stock. They met in Belize where Mike saved his life - and that goes a long way with Joshua. Mike really is a great guy, who will later find love. Along the way you'll meet international assassins, political plots from afar, US intervention in the operations of the Enterprise, a waitress in New Jersey who belongs in the Carolinas, a chemist, a Swiss commodities broker who wants to retire, a reporter who gets shot right before Joshua's eyes, right in front of everyone, and a Kickapoo princess that should be queen one day. And we meet Russell Anders, the son-of-a-bitch, rat-bastard that later became Joshua Danz . . . or did he? Interwoven throughout is a profound story of redemption. It is a Sci-Fi Romance, Political Intrigue, Historical Fiction, Set in the Future, Story of Failures and Redemption, it is a Warning of Cultural Failures and a Road Map of Success.