Gates of Hades (ePub)

A once-in-a-lifetime holy land tour went terribly wrong when terrorists attacked Israel from the Gaza Strip in October of 2023. Approximately twelve hundred people were killed, thousands injured and 240 taken as hostages. J. Harrison and his oldest son were halfway through their tour schedule when the attacks occurred. The ensuing days were a whirlwind of emergency activities to safely evacuate J. Harrison and his son from Israel through Jordan and Egypt back to the USA.

The author grew up in a working class Christian family in South Carolina. He is a Baptist and a deacon at his local Baptist church. He and his wife Linda had three children - two boys and a girl. He earned a bachelor's degree in engineering prior to serving four years as an officer in the U. S. Air Force and a master's degree in management while working in the electric utility industry in the USA. His engineering career included technical and managerial support at major utilities in South Carolina, South Korea and North Carolina. While in North Carolina, his married daughter suffered a major stroke, which left her as a quadriplegic. After being hospitalized for eight months, their daughter was discharged to the author's home, where he and his wife became full time care givers for 3¿ years at their home until her passing. J. Harrison subsequently provided consulting services to a nuclear plant near his home for a few years and retired. Since retiring, he has published a novel, An American Family Saga, and enjoys travel and family gatherings, where they exchange stories of their many adventures and misadventures.