23-year-old Billy Maddox is returning to Arizona's international border where his brother was killed in a shootout between drug smugglers and Border Patrol agents 15 years ago. Now a newly minted line agent himself, Billy is on the verge of divorce and this job is his last chance to make things right with his wife who struggles with his bouts of anger and unstable job history. Shocked by their son’s death, Billy's parents largely abandoned their obligations to raise their remaining son well. With an as-yet unexpressed family grief still upon him, Billy struggles at school and finds lack of success in the workforce. He is a good man who wants to do right but personal history works hard against him. And now he is about to return to the desert landscape where things first started to go wrong. Can he finally find the way forward and save himself and his marriage?

What do you do when you've graduated college, have a promising new job, a woman in love with you and a close-knit group of friends, and all you can think of is throwing it all away? 22-year-old Carl Daniels is about to start making some hard choices. Join Jay's reading list using the form in the right column to find out when Green Bay Outsiders will be available for preorder. Click "More Info" for a longer description of Green Bay Outsiders.

(RELEASE DATE: 2018) Former miner Glen Marshall and his wife Abbie have fled their hometown of Monongah, West Virginia after a mining disaster claims the lives of more than 360 men. Unfortunately, something just as deadly waits on the Great Plains. Barreling west by train toward the Pacific Coast and the start of a new life, they are brought to a halt by a Kansas-based crime syndicate that takes Abbie’s life. Reeling from the murder, Glen must decide whether to return home in shame or seek justice by joining with an unlikely band of allies who have also suffered under the thumb of this criminal network. Returning home will deliver Glen to safety. Staying on, however, will mean confronting the syndicate’s powerful kingpin, a sly and notorious figure known only as the Wichita Snake.

Five hundred citizens are exiled to the lonely outpost of a castle on a long-forgotten planet. For generations, only the wise elders understood the nature of the abominable sin that led to their confinement. But even as the first rays of hope emerge for salvation, events unfold. A creature from the dark, mythical tribe of Jaxx is set to return and the nature of vengeance is beyond comprehension. Is the trembling sea that smashes into the castle walls innocent? Are the sentries on the battlements ready for battle? Can this community survive the punishment brought by the curse of Jaxx?