Meet author P.R. Morehouse

P.R. Morehouse also known as Philip R. Morehouse, author

Meet the Author - Raised on a farm, worked in many fields; Electrical, Navy Engineering (MM), Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) as a Stationary Plant Operator, General Electric on Flight Controls, Prudential as an Insurance Broker, Technical Writer and along the way he found time to get a BS at SUNY. Now in retirement, he writes action, mystery, survival type stories.

LOST

Matthew Browning’s family is destroying itself! Everyone was pulling against each other – what should he do? Whatever you decide, you might want to be sure that the cure doesn’t kill the patient.

A Matter of Perception

This story is about a beautiful young girl raised by her widowed mother, who, because she is poor, is not considered college material by her high school and is therefore not awarded any scholarships even though she has exceptional grades. With the help of an ominous person, she is able to attend an Ivy league college where she trains and becomes a doctor and later a respected brain surgeon. Her life is set against a background of an international drug syndicate run by a social path godfather determined to take over the world, with the world’s police forces working to take not only him down but also his syndicate.

A Moment in Time

What if God decided to give humanity one more chance at Salvation before “The Second Coming”? He decides to send a messenger to grow up among them, he could be someone you know, even your best friend - until you suddenly learn the truth.

Cheyenne War Drums in Yellowstone

This is a story about a young man, Ben, who is a tourist guide for Yellowstone National Park. While on vacation in the park, he wanders into a “restricted” area and is trapped under an avalanche. As the hours' pass, due to the extreme pain, he fades in and out of consciousness, and near death, he is rescued by an Indian Chief and his daughter, who, unknown to others, lives in the restricted area of the park. Because Ben had earlier befriended the Chief, he takes him to their village deep in the mountains, where he and his daughter nurse him back to health. Because of Ben's interest in the tribe and learning their ways, he is allowed to stay. Through his knowledge, he returns the Chief’s kindness by saving his daughter’s life, warding off a devastating forest fire, how to survive a killer tornado and an attack by another Indian Tribe. However, when the tribe is discovered living illegally in the park, can he save them from being evicted and sent to a reservation?

This story cleverly weaves in the First Nations people’s culture - how they live, create their equipment, hunt, and govern themselves.

The Great Carolina Migration

This novel contains the story of the brave people who came from all walks of life and all parts of the world, giving up everything and risking their lives to settle in the Carolina’s. Upon arriving, they found vast fertile land, a longer growing season, an opportunity for self-government, and the right to worship as they pleased without the fear of persecution as had been the case in many of the countries from which they’d come.In this historical story, you will walk and live the life of a 1700s settler, enduring unimaginable hardships and even death as you travel down the Great Wagon Trail south. You will help fall giant trees, build a log cabin, clear fertile land, create a root cellar, build a smokehouse, dig a well, and improve on a spring. In a word, you’re a settler working your land, creating a new life for your family, and providing the foundation for those who will follow you from generation to generation.Along the way, you will see and hear about the Indian’s being driven from most of the Carolina’s and, the French and English from this country. You will help build the first churches, schools, roads, and welcome the railroad, which led to making the Carolina’s more accessible to the rest of the country. With better roads and a railroad, the Carolinas became a major supplier of cotton and tobacco to the rest of the world.Along the way, you will see and hear about the Indian’s being driven from most of the Carolina’s and, the French and English from this country. You will help build the first churches, schools, roads, and welcome the railroad, which led to making the Carolina’s more accessible to the rest of the country. With better roads and a railroad, the Carolinas became a major supplier of cotton and tobacco to the rest of the world.Later, beyond the fertile fields, you will discover gold. When the word got out, there was another migratory rush for the Carolinas as our country became caught up in this nation’s first gold rush. In reading this historical account, the people named and described are fictional; however, careful consideration has been given to the dates and historical facts being as accurate as possible, though highly dependent on the referenced sources' accuracy.

In an Instant...

This story is about a family, much like yours or mine, who went on what was to be a once in a lifetime vacation filled with camping and hiking in the Alaskan wilderness. The trip was to be one of relaxation against a backdrop of unforgettable scenery, as well as a chance to reconnect. In an “instant”, all that changed, and all that mattered was their survival against, not only a deadly, unseen human enemy, but those also found in the wild vastness of Alaska.

The Mongrel of Kaymoor Mountain

An outcast, raised by his mother's father, Levi never knew his father, but he did know that he was better than what the town folk called him and, some day ... he'd prove it.

Taken

Taylor is missing - the police say he's dead, instinctively, his mother feels differently. Ten years pass, during which Valerie drinks to kill the pain, and her husband leaves. Suddenly, she realizes that her son wouldn't want her living like this and she fights her way back both mentally and physically. After studying the law and how to handle evidence, she loads up with special equipment and, starts her own investigation. That's when she makes a discovery; now she knows how her son disappeared. As she gets closer to the truth; the mob puts a contract on her and then she disappears. Again, the police say she's dead, but there are others who know differently and they aren't talking.

Missin and Presumed Dead

William Thorne, a world-famous author, on his way to a book signing, disappears. His girlfriend fears the worst, and his publishing company realizes that it's great for business. Found by a brother and sister, living off-grid, deep in the backwoods of a state park, he is brought to their farm where he's declared a "slave" by their psychopathic father.Each day is a battle of wits to stay alive. Worst of all ... there appears to be no escape.

Ten Dollars a Week

"A heart felt story filled with emotion ... the kind that pulls at your heart while filling you with hope."

Ten Dollars a Week - Room and Board is based on a true story. Cal is the oldest of four siblings, who at 14, suddenly finds himself having to find a job or be forced to leave the love and safety of the only home he has ever known, to live with strangers on a "work farm".

As the story takes you through the life of this young boy, it reveals the family secrets. First one, then another is uncovered, as we follow Cal from youth, through adulthood and finally into his senior years, with the darkest secret, which unknowingly had shaped his life, is suddenly exposed.

Flash Back

This is the story of a 17 year old, mountain boy who comes home to discover a horrific murder, an event that turn his life upside down. Sage, during this escape from what he has just witnessed, is befriended by a young boy name Reagan who is woods-wise beyond his years. Homeless, Sage forms a pact with Reagan and together they make their way to a secret camp deep in the West Virgina mountains, which is occupied by war torn veterans. During their travels, Sage accidentally discovers his new friend is not who he claims to be and encounters a killer which leads to a surprising link to his past, a link that changes his life forever.

The Genesis Effect

Connects with Flash Back.

They'd planned a short two week stay in the West Virginia mountains with her estranged husband so that the children might reconnect with their father.Then suddenly, there whole world was turned upside down when the Grid when down forcing them to flee deeper into the trackless forests, to survive the lawless terror roaming the countryside, killing and plundering everything in their path.Taking refuge in a nameless, long ago, abandoned mining town deep in the mountains, uniting with other Vets and their families, they take a stand against the unstoppable enemy that is now within sight of their encampment - and advancing.

The Triple Indemnity Murders

For Ryker, it was just another night out selling life insurance until he witnesses a murder and is draw into the investigation, as a consultant for the FBI. With a contract on his life, Ryker has to move fast to solve the multiple murders whose victims are piling up in the morgue, before the syndicate gets to him and his family.

Three Squares and a Rack

"As real as it Gets - You're leaving home; inducted into the Navy, going to Boot Camp, then "A" School, joining the fleet, standing watches, seeing the world, and along the way your making history."

The Vigilante

The Vigilante is a story about the Syndicate taking over the town; it could be your town.

Law enforcement has been rendered ineffective; the criminal are walking out of the courtroom's revolving doors, free to continue ignoring the law and terrorizing the citizens until a Vigilante becomes Judge, Jury, and Executioner.

Once again, The FBI orders Ryker to track him down ... and what he discovers is not what, even he, was expecting.

The Recluse

Torrie, a young college coed, leaves her home and boyfriend behind to join her parents in a research project in the vast untamed northern stretches of British Columbia. But after a killer storm strikes, Torrie, believed by her parents to be dead, has actually been saved by a recluse who the “Flat Landers” know only as the legendary “Big Foot”.
Torrie’s and the Recluse’s worlds collide, and out of this unusual partnership, she is forced to learn how to survive; training that enables her to fight her way back to civilization. Along the way she learns the startling truth about her benefactor, and the deadly danger that is stalking him, and she knows that she is the only person who can save him.
Will she get back in time?

Retribution

Sequel to Recluse

A hunting party has been reported missing and Special Agent (survival and tracking expert) Jamie LaPointe, a.k.a., Sam is ordered to find them. The trail leads to a serial killer, who is now stalking Sam. The evidence soon uncovers massive aerial, big game poaching and a powerful sophisticated syndicate, who is executing a governmental takeover. A contract is put out on Sam, resulting in his plane being shot down. While escaping the assassin, Sam falls into a snow-covered, bottomless crevasse. An extensive search fails to find him. Declared dead, a State Funeral is held. Grief stricken, Torrie, retreats with their son, Tyson, to their secret mountain hideout, where it all began. However, unbeknownst to her ... life has other plans.

A Man Without a Country

He came out of nowhere, half-naked, delirious and dying, with no memory of who he was, other than having been called Billy while indentured as a cabin boy since childhood on a cargo ship. While on board, self-educated, he learns there is more to life, than this life, so one moonless night, he jumps ship, escaping the ruthless Captain, not knowing if he'd make it or not. He finally washes ashore unconscious and is rescued and nursed back to health by Suzie, the young beautiful owner of "High Tide", a rundown beach bar. He knows that he's a hunted man; so with one eye to the sea, he is ever watchful for the Captain, whom he knows will stop at nothing to find him ... and one day he does ... and so do the assassins - someone in his past wants him dead ... but who and why?

A teenage computer hacker stumbles on the answer - information that will forever change his and all the lives of those around him.

The Wanderer

Eric Severson, after coming home from the Olympic tryouts to quietly recuperate from a swimming accident, finds everything but peace and quiet, as he is swept up in a web of danger and intrigue beyond anything he can imagine.

Benton Harbor Files

CODE RED!!! An international Situation has occurred. A TOP SECRET US Prototype Sub is on the loose. The CIA, FBI and Mossad are in a race to claim the prize. The CIA's Benton Harbor File contains documented proof of suspense, terror and romance all mixed around a Huge Treasure that is headed for the Middle East. This a CODE RED Condition - the treasure must not fall into the wrong hands.