SOON TO BE RELEASED
Welcome to The Road to Oracle
Stories rarely arrive fully formed. They begin as fragments—whispers in the dark, sudden shifts of light, the faint hum of memory rising like a song you can’t place. The Road to Oracle is a novel born from such fragments. It follows a brother and sister who carry fractured identities inside them, navigating the delicate edge between trauma and transformation. Their journey is at once psychological and surreal, rooted in reality yet drifting into dreamlike spaces where healing sometimes wears a stranger’s face.
We now find ourselves at a threshold. The manuscript has been written, shaped, and reshaped until the story breathes with its own rhythm. The patient, precise work of final editing remains—choosing the exact words that carry weight, trimming away what doesn’t belong, and polishing sentences until they ring clear and true. This stage feels meticulous and electric, like smoothing the water's surface until it reflects the sky.
At the same time, the cover design is taking form. A cover is not just decoration—it is the first meeting place between the story and its readers. We are crafting an image that holds the essence of The Road to Oracle in a single frame: something that whispers of mystery, carries an undercurrent of tension, and invites you to step inside. Watching that design emerge is like seeing the novel’s shadow made visible.
There is a sense of anticipation in the air, shared by everyone involved. The story has lived privately for so long, and now it stands on the edge of the wider world. We are excited, restless even, waiting for the moment when the book will no longer belong only to us but to everyone who chooses to read it.
This website will be where I share that unfolding—regular updates on progress, glimpses behind the scenes, announcements of cover reveals, and news as we progress toward publication. Think of it as a window into the journey, where you can lean in and catch the changing light as the book draws nearer to launch.
For now, all I can say is this: the road has been long, but The Road to Oracle is almost here. And when it arrives, I hope it feels not only like a story, but like an invitation—into memory, into dream, into the strange terrain of what it means to heal.
A Personal Note
My paths—architecture’s sense of structure, photography’s way of seeing beneath the surface, and the endurance of long races—have converged here. The Road to Oracle is the book of my heart, shaped by discipline, observation, and the hunger to make meaning. It is both a return and a beginning, and I am grateful to share it with you.
About the author
It still surprises me— maybe even more than it surprises my wife—that I’ve taken up writing after spending forty years as an architect, preserving historic buildings across California. Some of them were irreplaceable—structures that, if lost, would have left a hole in the heart of their towns. I came to see architecture not just as the shaping of space, but as the quiet storytelling of place.
Before that, I served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, trained as a combat photographer. Through the lens of a military-issued camera, I learned how to see—not just what was visible, but what lay beneath. Bearing witness in that way left its mark.
And somewhere between architecture and writing, I trained for and completed the Ironman Triathlon. It was grueling, humbling, and strangely clarifying. I discovered something essential in the long swim, the wind on the bike, and the sound of my own breath during the run.
My turn to writing came later in life, shaped by discipline, observation, and the hunger to make meaning. I studied the craft during four unforgettable summers at Esalen, learning under Cheryl Strayed. Her guidance—and the creative energy of that Big Sur coastline —deepened my commitment to writing stories that are both emotionally honest and structurally sound.