THE HAVENS
(Spring 2022)
Novel (Young Adult Science Fiction Thriller)
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She’ll have to go through Hell to get back home: A drone attack on a lavish wedding reception casts Maya into ruined lands formerly known as the United States of America. Maya and the orphan Niku brave a harrowing journey through nine circles of an American Inferno. She discovers her own strength, but quickly realizes she will have to confront a heartbreaking choice between Niku and a return to the life she once knew – if they survive.
THE EMBASSY
Non-Fiction / 2017 IPPY Gold Medal (World History)
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The Embassy is a graphic retelling of the harrowing climax of the Liberian civil war and the U.S. and West African role in ending it. Through interviews with key actors on the ground, Dante Paradiso reconstructs the violence and chaos of those times to create an enduring portrait of a U.S. embassy under fire and the kind of daring frontline diplomacy that can change the fate of a nation..
THE PURE LIFE
Novel
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The Pure Life is a coming-of-age story about life on a California Conservation Corps trail crew in the redwood forests in Northern California.