![]() Who is Hope Allerd, the protagonist of my new novel, Lethal Paradise? She is a dynamic, heroic, compassionate twenty-first Century woman. As an adolescent she, her parents and brother, came home from an outing to be surprised by a burglar. He shot and killed her mother and father. Her brother, Jack, was made a paraplegic. Hope was wounded and endured a prolonged hospitalization. But, Hope overcame this traumatic adolescence. She also survived a close encounter with a serial murderer. This is chronicled in my previous novel, The Peril Protocol. Left with PTSD from the above traumas, she struggles against this psychiatric problem while also dealing with the ups and downs of a tumultuous romantic relationship with investigative reporter Clive Andrew, her boyfriend. Hope isn‘t perfect but she continues to seek to do the right thing. She is a physician with a sub specialty in infectious diseases, and as stated in a previous blog post, Hope Allerd wields compassion like a weapon against poverty and despair. Hope, I feel, is a role model for young women, especially young African-American women who are considering a STEM career—in the same vein of how the Star Trek franchise inspired an actual young African-American girl to become an astronaut. Check out Hope’s adventures in my current novel, Lethal Paradise, and in my next novel due out in July 2020.
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Jim Underwood '72
7/22/2021 11:23:25 am
I "Hope" you are not giving up on this series....I've been trying to picture the casting of her...Cynthia Addai-Robinson? Loved all three of your books...Looking forward to the next! "I see the stars, I hear the rolling..." Most excellent, Underdog
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Anonymous
8/27/2021 10:35:59 pm
The next one is coming out at the end of September. Thanks form getting the books.
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