Set in present day Los Angeles, Deal is a fictional narrative, a ten day countdown to an aviation disaster. Deal's central character, Roy Santana, is an air traffic controller at Los Angeles International Airport. Like the fast paced action in the control tower, Roy lives his life on the perilous edge of chaos and control. As each day counts down to the next, the tensions of his failing marriage mound, adding to the pressures of an already high stress career. By day minus seven, Roy finds himself in the arms of another woman. The pressures of wife, lover, and career soon become too great and by day zero, Roy falls off the edge, resulting a mid-air collision. Deal follows Santana's spiraling descent into the living hell where he bears the guilt for those who died. But is he the one responsible? Is he capable of getting back to the life that he once knew? And if he does, what, if anything, awaits his return?
Written with a passion for authenticity and realism, Deal is captivating, imaginative, and terrifyingly close to home. Its memorable characters are fully developed, true to form and very believable. Deal is nonstop reading, an extraordinary mixture of suspense, intrigue and trials of the human spirit.
