Clydean O'Conner

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My family moved to Las Vegas in the early 70s. Back then there was little employment other than the casino industry. I began a forty-year career starting in the accounting department where I counted the zeros from the right because I couldn’t believe the casino was giving away millions of dollars in complimentary room, food, and beverage. I didn’t understand the nature of the beast at that point. Over the next forty years I worked for most major strip properties and moved from finance to advertising because one GM was fed up with a person he couldn’t count on to meet a deadline. I knew nothing about advertising, but he had confidence I’d figure it out as I went. In that capacity I met millionaires from all over the world, big name entertainers, black check gamblers, mob bosses, flim-flam men, and dirty, rotten scoundrels. It was an unbelievable time to work in Las Vegas.

I wanted to pursue my goal of becoming an author. How Christianity took such a wrong turn always fascinated me, so I developed a story line using an action-adventure format because religious history is as dry and dusty as the Mojave Desert. This wrong turn became the object of a long, long search. For years I delved deeply into the history of Christianity and read everything I could find on modern discoveries such as the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi Text. I found out of print books in storerooms which housed used parts. Janitors were happy to give them to me to get them out of the way. I have a collection of antique books, some of which were published 200 years ago. My prized possession is the History of the Jews written by a recognized historian, Josephus. It was originally published America in 1832.

The Fifth Coin involves global political intrigue centered around a maniacal Jesuit and the power of the Catholic Church. As a modern-day story line developed the heroine discovered she experienced a lifetime with Jesus. Flashbacks to this life ultimately destroys the Jesuit’s plans for world domination.

The series Treasure of the Essenes begins with The Fifth Coin and like Star Wars goes backward through time to explain how the heroine became entangled in a drama which changes the course of history. Into Egypt and Beyond are the next two chapters of this story.

If you purchase one of my novels, I am grateful. I ask one favor, please take time to leave a review, thank you in advance.