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MacCorp News February 2023
From The Moonstone Brooch (Book 13) Research File President McKinley was assassinated on September 6, 1901, inside the Temple of Music at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. The president was operated on by a Buffalo gynecologist because the famed Dr. Roswell Park, the Exposition's chief medical officer and an expert on gunshot wounds, was in Niagara Falls…
MacCorp News January 2023
What's Next: The Moonstone Brooch (Book 13) When Barclay “Clay” Archibald MacIntyre, an investigative reporter, finds a moonstone brooch hidden in his late uncle’s library, he triggers the magic and is swept up into a swirling fog that carries him back in time to Buffalo, NY. He arrives at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition on the day President McKinley is assassinated. Knowing…
The Bloodstone Brooch Author Notes
The Bloodstone Brooch didn’t turn out to be the book I set out to write. Early on, Tavis and his family took over the story, and Teddy Roosevelt, Lillian Wald, and Jacob Riis became minor characters. The Topaz, The Sunstone, and The Bloodstone will probably become known as the Viking Trilogy. But now, we are done with the Vikings, and…
The Bloodstone Brooch Cast of Characters
Akeem: Erik's manservant, husband of Maira (first appeared in The Bloodstone Brooch) Benoit, Remy: former Army medic (first appeared in The Topaz Brooch) Brodie, Paul: assistant and friend of James Cullen Fraser, Columbia graduate, son of Erik (first appeared in The Sunstone Brooch) Davidson, Robert: nephew of Violet Davidson in 1901 Buffalo Davidson, Violet: Clay's landlady in 1901 Buffalo Duffy,…
The Bloodstone Brooch Chapters 1 & 2
Chapter 1: Shetland Islands—Aislinn Kennedy age 10 Ten-year-old Aislinn Kennedy let her imagination wander while she spotted images in the cloud formations floating across the darkening sky. A storm was coming, which was fitting because one of the clouds resembled a Viking battle-ax. Yep, she had a vivid imagination. She was camped out on a blanket behind one of a…