The story of what happened to Joe French is a mystery and a puzzle. As private in the U.S. Army he goes AWOL and sweet talks his way to thousands of dollars impersonating a Captain in the Medical Corp. French figured out a way to swindle cash from the U.S. Government and continues to manipulate his way through tight security, high-level managers, and military brass gaining acceptance as a Medical Officer. He then hides in plain sight as one of the rich and famous carrying on the charade as an up and coming popular songwriter/singer. He even winds up as Grand Marshal in the annual “Bud Billikin Parade ” in Chicago. An alert Sargent gets suspicious and finally catches French, but has no idea as to the extent the crime spree or the master plan that is in play. Sitting in a prison cell, facing years of incarceration, French reflects on his story. The tale winds between incredulous truth and incredulous fiction, between lost love and larceny, between delusion and deception. Behind this petty thief is a master of the con. He is an unknown and unwitting genius. This is where “Catch-22”, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, “Catch Me if You Can”, and “Forest Gump” come together in one story and one person.
Hidden throughout the story are 33 clues to the puzzle of “What Happened to Joe French?” If you solve the puzzle successfully, the clues will lead you to an exact location. You will not have to travel to the location, only be able to identify it. It is a physical location and the clues, once deciphered, will reveal the name. This is where you will find Joe French. The first person to send the exact location and succinctly describe how they arrived at the solution will receive the 33 ingots of gold (~2 pounds), referenced in the story. Once you have solved the puzzle, send your result to Seiko141@gmail.com with the exact location in the subject line. You will be contacted if you are correct. Once the puzzle is solved, the solution will be posted on the author website at Seiko141.com. Visit the site for updates, blog posts, reader forums and additional books by Seiko141.

In 2016 a father and son set out from their home in Oregon on a journey to walk the Camino de Santiago. It is a story of pain, and joy and friends from all over the world. It is said miracles happen on the Camino. Enjoy a compelling story of a father and son's journey that will change their lives and the lives of others. Once you are bitten my the bug of St. James, you cannot turn back. This has been going on for over one thousand years and countless millions have walked the way.

Twenty-four stories are light and playful one moment and poignantly touching the next. This compilation documents a lifetime, touching everything from family dynamics and childhood antics to watching a parent age. The stories are both fiction and fact, but regardless of the category, the reader will be drawn into this fun and elaborate escape to everyday life. The compilation has been called poetic literary prose and reads like a Hemmingway journal. It is a journey of one human being’s struggle to find purpose and meaning in the world and move from one phase of life to the next one story at a time. Now this adventure is available be told and re-told. Reads may find themselves hiding in the shadows.

Hamster Dunnigan, amateur paleo-archeologist, was on an illegal dig in the mountains of southeastern Washington State. He was looking for graves to loot. His area of interest was on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, federal lands. He was a short man and kept himself lean and strong. His long auburn hair was always pulled back in a braided ponytail. At first glance, even though he was twenty-nine years old, he looked like a small Native American kid. One relic he finds is a massive skin of a long extinct tiger, has a story etched into it. As he passes his flashlight over the etched stick figures, they begin to move like an old stopgap movie. When Dunnigan touches the skin, the story intuitively flows into his mind. It is the story of the beginning of self-awareness, spirituality, emotions, and the neural connections that leads to hominoid survival and proliferation. It is a story of explosive creativity and dramatic understanding of harmony with the environment five hundred thousand years ago. It tells of Cake and Noolan and the ever-present dilemma of self-preservation and self-awareness. It is a story of our most ancient hominoid ancestors who fostered the ability to think, learn, remember, and pass on our present-day genetic code.
As the story evolves Noolan and Caek are two competing species of early hominoids, but separated from their clans, they depend on one another and become emotionally attached. Journey with them through many harrowing events as they try to reunite with their families. Making their way through an unrelenting environment with determination and grit, they grow closer together and closer to their ultimate enemy, the Jakkar. It is only through an intuitive power, deeply honed survival skills and a bit of luck that these two craftly and cleverly overcome the odds. As you get to know Noolan, Caek and their clans, you’ll reconsider what you thought you knew about our early ancestors.
The genesis of problem-solving abilities and what may happen with earlier hominoid ancestors demonstrates they were a lot smarter than we give them credit for. It was an early hominoid who created the wheel, and prayer and relational understandings.