After years of hard work J. Marcus Ross gave up a successful career as a Human Resources Manager for the GAP to pursue a freelance writing career. With the support of his wife, family, and friends Marcus set out to finish his first in a series of novels, and expand his freelance writing career.
Thousands throughout the Internet have viewed his short stories discovering the mysterious worlds, intriguing characters, and engaging stories, which inhabit J. Marcus Ross' universe.
"What I love about writing the most is that I get to meet so many amazing and interesting people. I've been lucky enough to be able to do what I love and share that with others."
As a newspaper writer early on in his career Marcus was fortunate enough to have been exposed to veteran journalists who helped mold his writing and research abilities for future freelance writing assignments. His creative writing is accentuated by having grown up in a non-conventional life, as a child, his parents owned a carnival that traveled throughout much of the United States.
"That world is unlike anything you've ever read about. No book or movie has ever done it justice, ever captured what that life is like. It was an amazing experience."
When not sitting behind his computer Marcus can be found enjoying all the Pacific Northwest has to offer, and spending time with the love of his life, his wife, Andrea. They are enjoying the arrival of their first child Tristan X. Ross born August 1st,2001.
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Format: Hardcover, 236pp.
ISBN: 0759635501
Publisher: 1stBooks Library
Release: August 15th, 2001
Darkness Within
J. Marcus Ross
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No ordinary Conspiracy.
No ordinary Thriller.
Not just Science Fiction.
Not just an Adventure.
Get caught up exploring the Darkness Within.
This fast paced conspiracy/thriller will keep you in suspense as you enter a world bent on immersing you in the discovery of the Darkness Within.
Prepare to be consumed . . .
Lieutenant Colleen McDonnell, the sole survivor of a failed military recon operation can afford to trust no one. Armed with more questions than answers this powerful young woman sets out to uncover one of the most devious conspiracies, which could prove to rattle the very foundations of our civilization.
Prepare to be afraid . . .
Mike Harris while on a mission to save his family finds his way into the backward world of the little town of Devils' Gulch. Drawn into a deadly ménage à trois, with two very different sisters who have already made plans for his future, Mike stumbles into the very group responsible for his brother's abduction.
Prepare to be disturbed . . .
An unlikely pair, Mike and Colleen, work together to escape from their imprisonment in the bowels of a twisted underground military research base. They soon learn there may be no escape from the darkness which is coming, a darkness perpetrated by the very government she was sworn to protect, a darkness created by a conspiracy transcending politics and nations, and the worst darkness they would ever have to face.
Prepare for the Darkness Within.
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What if the Conspiracy Theories are Right...
But the Conspiracy is Worse than You Ever Imagined?
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON-Then you may not be ready to discover the truth. Prepare yourself "to be consumed...to be afraid...to be disturbed..." before you encounter "a darkness created by a conspiracy transcending politics and nations"-the worst Darkness you may ever have to face. In his extraordinary new conspiracy-thriller, Darkness Within (available from 1stBooks Library), J. Marcus Ross pulls you into a world more terrifying than you ever thought possible.
Lt. Colleen McDonnell is the sole survivor of a failed military recon operation, and she can no longer afford to trust anyone. Armed with "more questions than answers" and plenty of guts, this powerful young woman sets out to uncover a devious conspiracy. Meanwhile, Mike Harris is on his own mission to save his family. In the deadly and backward world of Devil's Gulch, a fatal menage a trois will lead him into the hands of the very group responsible for his brother's abduction.
Fate will soon bring Mike and Colleen together. Imprisoned in the bowels of a "twisted underground military research base," they must work together to gain their freedom. To their horror, "they soon learn there may be no escape from the darkness which is coming"-a darkness that will rattle the foundations of civilization.
Thousands of readers throughout the internet have enjoyed their thrilling journeys in J. Marcus Ross' fictional universe. Since leaving a successful career as Human Resource Manager for the GAP, Ross has pursued a freelance writing career full time. "What I love about writing the most is that I get to meet so many amazing and interesting people," he notes. "I've been lucky enough to do what I love and share that with others."
When not hard at work behind the computer, Marcus and his wife Andrea can be found enjoying all the Pacific Northwest has to offer. They are currently enjoying the arrival of their first child, Tristan X Ross born August 1st, 2001.
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