FORTHCOMING (available February 2026)

The Myth of America is the “War and Peace” of father-son rivalry novels, set in a parallel universe where the Americans lose the Revolutionary War instead of winning it and struggle 60 more years for independence. 

Told from the perspective of John Tyler Everson, a man from a famous revolutionary family whose Machiavellian father maneuvers him into running for president, The Myth of America comments upon our own troubled times by reimagining American history through the lens of a man at the cusp of attaining the highest office in the land, plagued by doubts about the nation’s morally ambiguous history and the troubling role of his illustrious family in bending that history to favor the wealthy and powerful.

Tolstoyan in scope but fast paced about it, Pynchonian at times, channeling Twain and Mencken all over the place, this novel is political, philosophical, and readable all at the same time. Its first-person account is written briskly over the course of five days in 1900, the fictional author fiercely typing his explosive tell-all memoir while his father and younger brother maneuver to gain him a presidential nomination he doesn’t want. The narrative, sometimes dramatic, sometimes reflective and self-critical, takes the reader on a fast-paced journey through 120 years of family secrets as four generations of Eversons lie, blackmail, poison, and conspire their way to wealth and power in the fledgling United States. 

By the end, you’ll be convinced this is how American history really happened, and you’ll be left wondering what can be done to rescue the American experiment.