Jeffrey F MeyerIn Jeffrey F. Meyer's new novel, Crooked Lines, Brendan Donovan is an ordinary man, neither brilliant nor possessed of heroic virtue. Set in the late 2020s, this visionary work of fiction asks the question: Can our hero and his strange band of friend find the courage to strike a blow for democracy as they confront the world's authoritarian governments? Their lives hang in the balance. A professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte for thirty-five years, Jeffrey taught Asian religions in the Religious Studies department, with a focus on Buddhism and Daoism. He is married with three grown children, currently living in Davidson, North Carolina. His first novel, A Call to China, is a Silver winner in the 30th Annual Benjamin Franklin Awards and a finalist in the 13th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards and the 2019 NextGen Indie Book Awards. Read More Read Less