{"product_id":"9781449021207","title":"The Mystery of Table Mountain: Book One of A Trilogy","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eTh e Mystery of Table Mountain is a fast moving action packed epic of a young college man,\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJames Raymond, who is framed for murder by his uncle, aunt and her brother. Th e story takes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJames out west as he eludes lawmen. It is here he sees the inaccessible Table Mountain and is\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eenamored with its beauty and security. Th rough his ingenuity James fi nds a way to the top of\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethe mountain and discovers a paradise. Th e day after he discovers an access to the mountain top\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ehe miraculously rescues a young woman from Indians and shares his “Garden of Eden” with\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eher in a clandestine relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTh e story has several romances threaded through its fabric adding spice as it unfolds. Th e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003estory is told in fi rst person to enable the reader to feel James’ pain and ecstasy more intimately.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eTh e Mystery of Table Mountain is the fi rst part of a trilogy. Each story stands alone as\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eit takes the reader through diff erent eras of James Raymond’s life. Th e other two books in\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003echronological order are: \u003ci\u003eTh e Miracle and A Call To Duty. \u003c\/i\u003eBoth of these books will be\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eavailable shortly.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Post was reared in the West Texas town of Colorado City. He was\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eeducated at Texas A. \u0026amp; M. then served in the United States Navy. After his\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eservice he became a land surveyor for the Southern Pacifi c Railroad. Th is\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003etook him to the wilds of New Mexico, Arizona and California where\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ehe immersed himself in the lore of those areas. Th is becomes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eapparent throughout the stories in these settings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam has always had a wonder lust. At the age of\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efi fteen he traveled by himself to New York City then\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ecaught an oil tanker down to South America to visit\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ehis aunt, uncle and cousins who lived on the island\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eof Aruba. He has traveled nearly every interstate\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ein America visiting most of the national parks and\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003etheir mysteries. He has actually lived in seven of\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethe fi fty states.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam is a professional engineer and holds\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003elicenses with the state of California in Land\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSurveying and Civil Engineering. He retired\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eas the Chief Engineer of the Long Beach Water\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDepartment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking an early retirement he moved his\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efamily to northern California near Nevada City,\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethe heart of gold country. He dredged and sniped\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efor gold in the Merced and Yuba rivers. He has\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ebeen in the gold mines and explored much of that\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ecountry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam is an evangelic Christian and this\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethread is seen throughout the fi ber of his stories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe is married to Brigitte Wittstock, a German\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eimmigrant, and through visits with her German\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efamily was inspired to write two novels with Germany\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eas the central setting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam now lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with his\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eextended family.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mystery\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eof\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable Mountain\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154693243120,"sku":"9781449021207","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781449021207_p0.jpg?v=1763838081","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781449021207","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}