How Speleology Restored My Sex Drive

by Michael Bernhart

Overview

Some people can't stay out of trouble. Happily married, the father of two precocious nine year old girls, and comfortably off, Max Brown should have it easy. Not yet; that's where the little girls come in. They maneuver Max and his wife into a dangerous treasure hunt through abandoned gold mines. As Max forewarns, "the closer you get to the treasure the more competitors show up, some of whom don't play by the rules." The competitors in this case are seven Klansmen who believe that the object of the treasure hunt, a large cache of Confederate gold, is theirs to finance a second rebellion. They also believe the twin girls have a lead on the location of the treasure, and kidnap them.

Set in northern Georgia, Max combats bears, snakes, and the Klan to protect those he loves. His most cunning and committed adversaries, though, turn out to be his own children.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780997616064
Publisher:	Hough Publishing
Publication date:	08/23/2016
Series:	The Max Brown Tetralogy (+1) , #3
Pages:	274
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Michael Bernhart is an award winning author who has published extensively on international development and public health – primarily service quality. His credentials for this written outpouring are a PhD from MIT and four decades of international work – currently 50 countries and counting.

The journey from writing funding proposals to writing pure fiction was short and easy. The result is the Max Brown tetralogy (+1) which traces the arc (from age 10 through 68) of a man who earnestly tries to avoid trouble, but whose own behavior – or events – repeatedly drops him into it. Each of the five novels finds Max struggling with a new existential crisis – or crises – as he grows up in these trying times. Manhood used to be a birthright; now it seems to be an unending series of challenges. Each novel also finds Max confronting a new face of evil.

Dr. (why not use it?) Bernhart started this project before the internet could serve up virtual experiences to authors. The contextual information and situations come from service as a pilot in the USAF, living in Asia, Europe and Latin America, and inexplicable success at snaring women well out of his league. These remarkable similarities with the main character noted, he insists the work is not autobiographical. It’s wish fulfillment.

Bernhart currently lives in a yurt on a mountaintop in northern Georgia with one ex-wife, two daughters, and three cats. He still flies his vintage plane, although more cautiously than before, and he’s unshakeable in his conviction that he’s God’s Gift to Aviation.

Editorial Reviews

How Speleology Restored My Sex Drive (A Max Brown Novel) by Michael Bernhart is an altogether entertaining adventure that features Max, the fearless Dad, his wife Sally (younger of course), and their precocious nine year old twin girls.

Bernhart does a fantastic job of fully rendering his characters, but especially Max, who is struggling in a very comic way to keep his family together, even as the fates seem to conspire against him. Highly recommend.

Goodreads

I found it to be a fascinating read, full of adventure and history – and, a man whose life is falling apart. After all his wife is a trigger-happy sharpshooter, and his children act like the nine year olds that they are: constantly in trouble. The poor man tries to keep it all together, trying to have the life he wished for his family. I am surprised he didn't have a nervous breakdown just being a father, much more a husband. Poor man.

I would rate this book five out of five stars.

Goodreads - Remmy Meggs

This was a fantastic story! I loved every page of it, even though I was constantly thinking, "what is going to happen to these people next?!" This is definitely a page turner that will keep your interest until the very last page.

I would recommend this novel to anyone wanting to lose themselves in a race against time and danger around every turn. A must read. I will certainly be reading more from Bernhart in the future.

Goodreads - Melissa Welch

Set in the mid 90's in the heart of Dixie, "Speleology" is a fun story that had me laughing out loud on several occasions.

If you are a fan of the madcap, crazy story lines and offbeat humor that is very reminiscent of the Serge A. Storms novels by Tim Dorsey, you will love this book. If you are thin skinned, have no sense of humor or are easily offended, you should read it anyway as this may just cure you.

Goodreads - Jennifer Tooker