The Dying Time

A novel by Bernard Schopen

In The Dying Time, Bernard Schopen delivers a thrilling and contemplative addition to the Jack Ross series. Jack Ross has settled into his old age as well as anyone can. He jogs. He eats right. He naps. He no longer involves himself with the actions or the people that have developed into a “nasty notoriety.” That is until Alicia, Ross’s ex-wife and sister of Jack’s best and ailing friend, receives a potentially earth-shattering letter. A young woman, Mia Dunn, believes that Randall Barnes, Alicia’s deceased husband, might be her father. Reluctantly agreeing to discover the truth of these claims, Ross soon finds himself embroiled in a plot stretching back decades, and it’s not long before old habits come to the surface. The Dying Time is a poignant observation on the process of aging, astute and insightful as it is suspenseful intrigue. This novel asks how people come to create an identity and if we can ever truly bury the past. Can hurt stay hidden? How about the money? In a wonderful addition to the Jack Ross Series, Bernard Schopen is running on all cylinders as he weaves his plot with the golden thread of truth. In The Dying Time, the power of fiction is manifest. Here is a masterly yarn that keeps you guessing while always touching on something profound and inevitable in us all.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bernard Schopen was born and raised in Deadwood, South Dakota. He attended the University of Washington and the University of Nevada, Reno where upon receiving his Ph.D. in English he taught for many years. He is the author of three Jack Ross novels, as well as a study of the novels of Ross McDonald. His last novels, Calamity Jane, and The Last Centurion were released By Baobab Press in 2013 and 2018, respectively

The Dying Time in the News:

Praise for Bernard Schopen and the Jack Ross Series

“. . . the author’s deep appreciation for the Nevada landscape and sure ear for local dialect lend the story a satisfying credibility.”

“The intensity of Schopen’s feelings for the Black Rock Desert, together with his sympathy for people who go crazy out there where the big land meets the big sky, accounts for the strong impact made by The Big Silence.”

“The action is vigorous and well-described, the Reno environs (even including the Mustang Ranch) are excellently evoked, and Schopen and Ross are names to watch for henceforth.”

Book Details

Title: The Dying Time

Author: Bernard Schopen

Publication Date: February 12, 2019

ISBN: 978-1936097-22-7

$16.95

Dist. by Publishers Group West (An Ingram Brand)
www.pgw.com

Available at your favorite local bookstore, on Indiebound.com, or from Baobab Press affiliate  Sundance Books and Music