Eight of Swords A mystery about murder, Tarot cards, motorcycles, politics, psychotherapy and love. Now in paperback! This novel is a mystery about what happens when Easy Rider turns fifty. Have you ever had times in your life when everything feels so grueling that you just wanted to jump on a high-powered motorcycle and speed down a highway, leaving the whole mess behind you? Warren Ritter has been doing that for thirty years. His run began in the Sixties when he was a leader in the radical Weather Underground. But this life-long road trip comes to a shattering halt on the streets of Berkeley, California, when a kidnapper and killer frames him for murder. Warren reaches out for help from Sally McLaughlin, a paraplegic hacker, and then falls in love with her. What unfolds from there is a journey in which Warren must leave sanity behind and plunge over the edge into brilliant madness in order to save his life, and redeem his heart. GET A FREE BOOKPLATE! Send stamped self-addressed envelope to: Swords c/o Skibbins PO Box 31 The Sea Ranch, CA 95497 Read the first chapter! Read reviews... Buy the book from an independent bookstore. St. Martin's Minotaur ISBN: 0-3123-3906-2 Publication Date: April, 2005