O'Neal's BIO
David
O'Neal
O’Neal
was born 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 Nevada and often
relaxes an hour away in his wooded mountain retreat
located in California’s historic Gold Country. He
currently has seven manuscripts in various stages of
completion.
O'Neal's
email is
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