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David O'Neal
O’Neal was born on November 12, 1945 in
French Camp, CA. He grew up in Tennessee, Florida, and finally back
in California. After high school, he joined the United States Marine
Corps where he earned a Presidential Appointment to the US Naval Academy
but did not attend. Serving in the undeclared war in South Vietnam
was his last duty assignment in the Marines.
His education
includes city and regional planning with graduate studies in cybernetic
systems and general systems theory. He founded and managed a hi-tech
consulting company for ten years and retired from it in 1990.
Subsequently, he maintained a computerized options day-trading account.
This stock market experience shaped key aspects in the development of his
second novel, The Pact With Bruno.
As a teenager, he wrote short stories
and numerous pieces of poetry. Much of his early work still
survives, but there are no plans to publish them in the near future.
His interests include volunteer activities, camping, jogging,
JazzAerobics, hiking, travel, sunsets, and playing computer strategy
games.
He chose vegetarianism in the early 80’s
because of his concern for the life force that lives within all of God’s
creatures. The study of general systems has become a major part of
his life, further seeking how they relate to society and its evolving
behavior. He is interested in how all systems succeed or fail, and
especially, how in a bigger sense they reflect the breakdown of our
current institutions.
What Goes Around,
published in March of 1998, was the first volume of The Dying Game
Trilogy. It follows the unpredictable path of Doug Carlson
through his near-fatal encounter with the forces of power, love and war.
Next, in The Pact With Bruno, the suspense reaches new levels in a
novel focused on the chilling interaction of wealth, family and revenge.
With this mix of human emotion, expect the unexpected.
The third volume, Choosing To Kill,
published on October 22, 1999, finds Doug Carlson making the startling
decision to become a professional killer but not for the customary
reasons. His resolve is strong in this novel of crime, justice and
conscience, but his internal struggle seeks attention first.
In the fourth novel in this seven-part
series, Fool Me Twice, published in October of 2000, Doug learns
that something has gone terribly wrong after one of his prior missions.
Although relinquishing his role as an assassin, he must now choose between
letting an innocent person die or else pick up his .45 again to make
things right. In this novel of betrayal, denial, and renewal, its
final clash becomes a fast-paced race against time, challenging Doug's
inherent respect for life, in order to save the life of someone he has
learned to both love and hate.
Currently, O'Neal resides in the San
Francisco Bay Area and often relaxes three hours away in his wooded
mountain retreat located in California’s historic Gold Country. He
currently has five manuscripts in various stages of completion.
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