Jeffrey Zygmont

As a school psychologist, Daniel Hectorman has lost all faith and confidence that meddling therapists like himself really help anyone at all. That`s too bad, because Hectorman could use some counseling of his own. His marriage is starved. His job is imperiled. His parents are deep in decline, with his mom shrunk by Alzheimer`s and his father enraged and suicidal. Even Hectorman`s doting secretary, Mrs. Tweed, has gone batty. Then there`s this kid. Trevor Winkle is a fourteen-year-old sharpie foisted on Hectorman by a vampy old flame who insists that the boy is his son. Hectorman knows he is not. But the boy is redeeming. Clever, industrious, unselfish and oddly sedate, he could open a path for Hectorman, if only the psychologist didn`t...

Дата выхода: январь 2013

A presidential conspiracy is foiled by small people brave enough to battle the big powers. Gab Darby is filled with nobility in a future age when nobility has no value. At least none that`s officially recognized. That national deficiency doesn`t matter while Darby reigns as a superstar in the Disneyfied America that exists some thirty-five years from today. But he tumbles after the president accuses him of treason. The president is lying. Still, Darby must flee for survival. He is tagged by surveillance cams, cornered by a thug lawyer, rescued by his housekeeper, and finally smuggled to a jungle country called Bortinca. The new country offers a second chance for the fallen idol. But Bortinca is at war with America. Therefore Darby must...

Дата выхода: январь 2012

A smart, funny novel that laughs at aristocrats and strivers, but celebrates the quiet nobility found in ordinary creatures. We once knew Bill Gates as a plundering businessman who became the richest guy alive. Today he`s a noisy philanthropist. Let`s pretend that, in between those two identities, billionaire Bill Gates runs a secret campaign to buff up his public image. Then let`s pretend that some invading canines interrupt his plot to manipulate public opinion. It`s a mess. Gates schemes above. The dogs battle below. These canines have ambitions too, you see. Each yearns to become Bill Gates` Dog, so each slyly maneuvers to undercut his kennel-mates and win the prize. Only one noble pooch deserves it. But he`s just a mutt. His rivals...

Дата выхода: январь 2011