SEQUOIA CHRONICLES is a story within a story and a book within a book. Download the first chapter free at www.sequoiachronicles.com. Mark Keating is a radio reporter in a small Northern California community and has spent most of his life alone. SEQUOIA CHRONICLES is drawn from Keating's journal, written during what he believes is the last weekend of his life in December, 1978. Alone in a deserted campground, Keating chronicles the events of the past year including the murder of his best friend, witnessing two violent deaths, having his own life threatened and, finally, the loss of everything he cherished. Over the past several months, his reporting uncovered a massive land fraud involving a California reservoir and the use of confiscated weapons by a motorcycle gang. He has also been writing a fictional novel involving an assassination attempt during an actual Presidential goodwill tour. Now he wonders: has his reporting put him in the crosshairs of a ruthless motorcycle gang? Powerful and fraudulent land developers? Perhaps even the Secret Service is curious about his interest in the president's travel schedules. Someone is looking into his life. Following him. Someone is anxious to know what he knows. They may even want him silenced. Or has his real life merged with the conspiracies of his novel? SEQUOIA CHRONICLES mixes historical events with fictional places, exotic characters and takes readers on a journey from rural Northern California to Washington, D.C., Eastern Europe, the Middle East and finally to India. Set in the 1970's, SEQUOIA CHRONICLES features song titles, music lyrics and a wealth of information to build to the book's conclusion.Was it real? Was it fantasy? The reader will decide for themselves. Richard Rohrbacher, PhD. retired Speech and Drama teacher at the College of San Mateo, California, described SEQUOIA CHRONICLES as "Fun. A great yarn and a good read." Dan Barnett, Book Columnist for the Chico (CA) Enterprise Record said "...a fascinating yarn about what it means to make a difference in the world -- and whether the cost is just too high."