The Skytower Disaster

About the Book

The skytower building, rising one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine feet into the Manhattan sky, was the dream of wealthy industrialist Anthony giddens.  On the top floor is the Penthouse Restaurant, where the rich and famous dine in elegant splendor.  New Year’s eve, Deceember 31, 2001, was the birthday of Anthony Giddens wife, Eugenia.  He closes the restaurant to the public and is going to throw his wife a magnificent party.  Despite the fact that the National Weather Service has issued a bulletin predicting a massive snow storm for the New York City=New Jersey area.  Giddens private jet in Chicago is bringing several guests to the party, including the architect Theodore Xakis, a young man who suffered a nervous breakdown while the Skytower building was being built, but has since recovered and works in Gidden’s chicago office.  As the plane nears New York City, Xakis forces the pilot to ram into the Skytower Building.  This causes havoc with the Penthouse Restaurant and chaos follows.

About the Author

Is a native of Boothbay Harbor, Maine. He attended local schools, graduating from high school in 1950. At an early age he studied piano, violin and saxophone. After a stint in the US Navy, he went to NYC where he studied writing, voice and acting. He moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1958 and was one of the co-founders of The Stables Theatre. He attended Wayne State University. In 1965 he decided to go into acting full time and appeared in over 25 plays at Totem Pole Playhouse in Chambersburg, Pa. He toured extensively with the Tadpole Players, a top ranking children’s theatre that played through the school system in PA. He also appeared in several other summer stock theatres. He is a member of Actors Equity Association. He has written three novels by himself: HAMPTONS GROTESQUE, a book of short stories set in the Hamptons, NY, DEATH BY MURDER, set in the theatre world of NYC, and THE QUEST FOR THE AMBERTI SCROLL, a fantasy novel. With Albert E. Herbert, Jr., he has written three novels: THE LAST SURVIVOR, KILLER PACK and THE SKYTOWER DISASTER. He has written several adult plays and several children’s plays. He wrote the musical version of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” called WONDERFUL ALICE and SILAS: A Musical, based on George Eliot’s book “Silas Marner”. He wrote the book, lyrics and music for both works. He has composed many piano pieces, as well as other songs.