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LaForge Rollin Hand

A trilogy of interconnected stories make up this novel length tale that is in parts, a domestic idyll, a love story and a supernatural thriller. At nearly 40,000 words, LaForge is a long story in three distinct but connected parts. Part 1, The Farm of the Delphian Sisterhood, introduces Sam Reilly a retired ex Marine, to the Delphian Sisterhood, a group of four beautiful but mysterious women quietly tending a farm in Western Pennsylvania. As a neighbor on an adjacent farm, Sam assumes the role of protector and guardian for the four women. But as he learns, his role entails much more. He is protector, lover and frequently, disciplinarian, for the sisters have a need for a strong man who will dispense domestic discipline in order to maintain domestic harmony. In Part 2, LaForge, the remote alpine village of LaForge is introduced. Bridget O'Brien, a sculptress, has fled New York for a simpler life and hopes to find it in LaForge, a village known for it's artist colony feel. A chance meeting with the deputy constable, Tom McRae, leads to a budding romantic involvement she hadn't anticipated. But carrying that relationship forward may mean accepting Tom's notion of domestic discipline, and will call for her participation in an ancient Rite, one that requires bravery and sacrifice. But the Rite itself reveals an awakening threat, one poised to strike at the heart of LaForge. Part 3, Thermopolis Springs, brings Sam Reilly to LaForge seeking the Delphian Sisterhood. With him is Racheal Greene, a renown physicist, searching for her lost sister, last seen in the care of the Delphian sisters. The pair must team up with Tom and Bridget, not only to find Rachael's sister, but to prevent a catastrophe from destroying LaForge itself. It means going under cover into the heart of a cult of cruelty, one that employs the rod and the lash to achieve its ends.