Ryan's Pride

About the Book

Ryan Jefferson never played a down of college football and when as a ‘walk-on’ at the Lions training camp turned the heads of fans and coaches alike he began a journey of discovery and redemption for the city of Detroit. The 22 year old kid quarterback with the golden arm and brains to match was thrust into the role of savior for a franchise long mired in futility and ridicule. Martin Schulman, a retired high school janitor befriended by Ryan is presented with a life altering opportunity and together they dream of a better society filled with the spirit of integrity, honesty, and personal example for the multitude of disbelievers, the downtrodden, and the destitute of America. A fast paced, action packed novel with the bone-crushing realism of smash-mouth football combined with a gentle love story of Ryan Jefferson and his high school sweetheart make this an irresistible read. Sprinkled with moments of hilarity the novel takes the reader on a fun-filled adventure of the lives of an unlikely pride of young Lions. -Onto the frozen tundra galloped the Packer horde led by their aging veteran quarterback who took losing at home as a personal insult and an affront on his character. -Suddenly the ‘black death’ poured out from the depths of hell in a seemingly endless flow of human misery known collectively as the Oakland Raiders. -The Lions had two opponents in New Orleans. The all-powerful Saints and the the mighty Who Dat Nation.

About the Author

Michael “Vince” Warren was born in Ottawa, Canada in 1948. A graduate of Queen’s University of Kingston, Ontario and the University of Ottawa with a Master’s degree in Education he taught high school Physical Education for 32 years. Married to Colette they have two sons, Jamie and Jeffrey. Michael was an all-star high school quarterback and later played in the Canadian Junior Football League where he led his team in 1966 to the Eastern Canadian Finals of the Little Grey Cup. His 30 years of high school coaching began in 1975 as Head Coach of the Confederation High School Cardinals. Over the years his teams won three city championships and never once failed to make the post season playoffs. The highlight of his coaching career was the series of Can-Am Challenge football games between his Cardinals and teams from Steelton, Harrisburg and Erie Pennsylvania. Coach Warren affectionately referred to as “Vince” by his student athletes because of his Lombardi style of coaching insisted on dedication, hard work and true sportsmanship from his players. A long time fan of pro football and a real student of the game he once coached his high school freshman Jesse Palmer who later went on to play at Florida for the Gators and later with the New York Giants of the National Football League. His first book “Steel-High Revisited” a true chronicle of the first Can-Am Challenge played in 1984 in Steelton, Pennsylvania was published in 2009. It was a first hand look at the epic football battle between the Steelton-Highspire Rollers and his very own Confederation High School Cardinals. Ryan’s Pride is his first novel and a culmination of a lifetime love of the game.