A lone wolf spy's frantic race to prevent a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while saving the love of his life from a North Korean prison. In Sea of Fire Patrick Featherstone, a former JSOC sniper is pressed back into service to find CIA agent Tyler Kang who has apparently defected to North Korea with sensitive missile technology. Patrick has been practicing Buddhism in Japan, but finally agrees to find, and if necessary, kill, Tyler Kang despite his Buddhist vow of non-violence. However, Patrick has a hidden agenda --- to rescue the love of his life from a North Korean prison. Before leaving, he learns of a possible coup at the highest level of the North Korean power structure, a coup which could easily spill over into an invasion of South Korea and a retaliatory nuclear response. In the end only Patrick is positioned to avert a nuclear disaster of cataclysmic proportions. With breathtaking plot twists, complex characters, heart-felt romance, and revealing insights into the most mysterious country on the planet, Sea of Fire sweeps from the gulags of North Korea to the corridors of power in Washington.

SEA OF FIRE

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Shepherd, Gregory

Thrillers & Suspense

Knox Press

"Deeply involving, instructive, and capable of touching any reader who cares about the search for meaning."—Mitch Horowitz, author of Occult America
"In being so frank about his own struggles and fantasies, Greg's personal tale becomes something more universal."—David R. Loy, author of Money, Sex, War, Karma: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution
In 1971, when Greg Shepherd was in his early twenties, he left New Jersey and joined the Koko An Zendo community in Hawaii. What began as a quest for enlightenment became Greg's confrontation with his own inner demons: his need for approval, his distrust of authority, and his ego-driven fixation on achieving the profound spiritual breakthrough of kensho ("the Big K"). Later, in Japan, he struggled with prejudice and cultural rigidity and found his deeper meditations leading to actual panic attacks over fear of losing himself. Ultimately, he broke with Zen and his teachers to pursue a career in music.
This frank memoir traces Greg Shepherd's meandering path from seeker to disillusionment, and, over a decade later, his way back to Zen and inner peace. We experience Zen practice in Japan and Hawaii and meet Zen masters Yamada Koun Roshi and Robert Aitken, the "dean of American Buddhism" (who had once pegged Greg as his successor). And we understand why Zen was so appealing to the American counterculture and how its profound lessons of focus and detachment remain insightful and important.
Gregory Shepherd has studied Zen since the early 1970s in Hawaii and Japan. He is associate professor of music at Kauai Community College.

A Straight Road with 99 Curves: Coming of Age on the Path of Zen (NONE)

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Stone Bridge Press

Patrick Featherstone--hero of Sea of Fire--frantically tries to unravel a plot by North Korean terrorists to destroy the Tokyo Olympics.&nbsp; In Rings of Fire, former Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) sniper Patrick Featherstone has been hired as the Head Security Consultant for the Tokyo Olympics based on his success in thwarting a plot to foment a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula. He joins up with his old friends from Sea of Fire: Tyler Kang, another former JSOC sniper, and Jung-hee Choy, former North Korean computer hacker. They are joined by the young and beautiful FBI agent Kirsten Beck, and together they frantically try to decipher a series of messages that have been sent to Patrick just before a series of terrorist attacks, which they are sure will culminate in a cataclysm during the awards ceremony on the final day of the Tokyo Games. Advance Praise for Rings of Fire "A stunning look behind the border walls of North Korea" --Mark Greaney, #1 NYT bestselling author of One Minute Out "Fast-paced and exciting, Gregory Shepherd's expertise on the Far East shines through on every page. Everything a thriller should be!" --Ward Larsen, USA Today bestselling author of Assassin's Run&nbsp; "You can taste the grit and hear the rifle's crack as our intrepid JSOC sniper, Patrick Featherstone, is back to support and defend the frontier in Rings of Fire, the must read of 2020." --New York Times bestselling author, Lt. Col. Hunter Ripley ("Rip") Rawlings "Unstoppable. A geopolitical thriller that gathers speed like an avalanche." --Timothy Hallinan, author of the Poke Rafferty series and the Junior Bender series

Rings of Fire: A Thriller

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Permuted Press

A lone wolf spy's frantic race to prevent a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while saving the love of his life from a North Korean prison. In Sea of Fire Patrick Featherstone, a former JSOC sniper is pressed back into service to find CIA agent Tyler Kang who has apparently defected to North Korea with sensitive missile technology. Patrick has been practicing Buddhism in Japan, but finally agrees to find, and if necessary, kill, Tyler Kang despite his Buddhist vow of non-violence. However, Patrick has a hidden agenda --- to rescue the love of his life from a North Korean prison. Before leaving, he learns of a possible coup at the highest level of the North Korean power structure, a coup which could easily spill over into an invasion of South Korea and a retaliatory nuclear response. In the end only Patrick is positioned to avert a nuclear disaster of cataclysmic proportions. With breathtaking plot twists, complex characters, heart-felt romance, and revealing insights into the most mysterious country on the planet, Sea of Fire sweeps from the gulags of North Korea to the corridors of power in Washington.

Sea of Fire: A Thriller

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