Until Shiloh Comes was awarded a Certificate of Merit as a finalist in the 2012 Deep River Books writing contest, . In the 2013 contest, author Robert M. Starr won a second Certificate of Merit for A Walk in the Wilderness.Why is someone with a long range rifle and unusual skill shooting folks on the JH Connected? Sarah Hadley and her daughter Hannah are trying desperately to hold onto their home, with old Caleb Stohr the last man remaining to do the heavy work on the ranch. As the Montana winter approaches, a stranger, following the biblical instruction to look after widows and orphans, rides onto the ranch and offers to help. "Folks call me Shiloh." "Whatever you may have once been," Sarah said. "I think you have become a very good man.""No, ma'am, I'm just a man trying to serve a very good God."Little did they know the danger that lay ahead.Until Shiloh Comes is historical fiction, written for the Christian market, set in the Montana Territory of 1876 with roots going back to the Adirondack Mountains of New York and the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia prior to and through the Civil War.
About the Author: As a native Texan, I grew up at the edge of a small town and roamed the woods with a freedom that might be impossible today. Even now, I feel more at home and infinitely safer in wild places than I do in cities. I don't suppose a kid could grow up in Texas without dreaming of being a cowboy, and I lived that dream briefly on a Nebraska ranch. I also dreamed of being World Champion in a Formula One racing car; I won my first road race as an amateur on England's Snetterton Circuit and my second as a professional through the streets of Austin, Texas, during the River City Road Races run as a part of the annual Aqua Festival. That dream ended for lack of funds, probably because I failed to listen to good advice. So I 'settled down' and married. My wife, Alyssa, and I have three grown children, a son and two daughters, and four grandsons. We love to hike and camp; a few years ago we bought a tandem kayak. And I dream of building a small wooden cruising sailboat. I began to write in high school and worked professionally as a photographer and newspaper writer for a brief period after I returned from military service in the U.S. Air Force. My first experience with book publishing was as editor of the Jacksonville College yearbook; later, I sold a magazine article about a neighbor and the hunting rifle he helped me customize for greater accuracy. Now we live in eastern Washington, and I 'lie for a living' by writing the kinds of fictional stories I like to read.