Now Available: A New Novel Malachite Eyes

      I’ve just released a new novel Malachite Eyes, available in paperback at Amazon.com. A departure from other genres in which I’ve written, this tale reaches back just a few years on ground familiar to most of us. You can read a short description below.

Tom Weatherly made it big on the 1970s charts with his signature song “Malachite Eyes.” He lived the good life, money no object and occasional benefits from fulsome young fans. Respected as a rock’n roller, twenty years later he found himself to be a pop star in memory only. And he wanted more.
Reviving his band The Weatherly Experience with his longtime pal Don, he found the young new players to be a handful. At the same time, he felt compelled to contribute to others in in need, both a matter of conscience and a good move for his comeback. While entertaining youngsters in Marbury House, a “safe haven for children,” he met Norah Kealy, a career social worker, the likes of whom he’d never known before.
Malachite Eyes unfolds the rip-roaring results of Tom’s campaign to return to rock super stardom while chasing Norah despite her impression of him as a self-serving, career teenage heartthrob. A rollicking story full of laughter and tears, Malachite Eyes captures the unique spirit of a time not so far in the past.

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First, Last Story by Pat Wallace

Known for his excellence as a rocking R&B musician, brother Patrick was celebrated for his decades playing sweet music in the greater Boston, MA, area. He drew high praise as well from his friends and fans in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, where he grew up. Everyone who knew Pat loved him for his unfailing generosity of spirit, never mind their wonder at his sense of humor and amazing widespread knowledge. His music drew fans, yet he also defined autodidact and excellence in many other fields, especially storytelling. We all lost him on this date a year ago, sorrow hard to stem. In honor of his warmth and unassuming brilliance, read posted here one of his few written works, New York, New York: The Dale Roberts Story a perfect joining of his immense ken of music and human nature.