Into the Heart of the Sea

About the Book

An historical saga of families who send adventurous sons and a daughter to fight in the wars of Empire in the 19th and 20th centuries. Brothers forced off the family farm find new lives and battles in the New World. An old man on his death bed tells his son he didn't his duty. A captain and a nurse wait for a defining moment as a missile approaches their ship. An Israeli spy finds peace and solace only in the soil of the Promised Land. Disputes of dominion and sovereignty of the land and sea can only be settled by armed conflict. And the mountains fall into the heart of the sea.

About the Author

Born during the depression years in New Jersey, James Mori grew up in California. He had a career in the agricultural chemical industry. Now retired, he continues a lifetime interest in butterflies and the natural world. He and his wife reside above the small Sierra Nevada town of Sonora.