Above or Below

About the Book

A middle age couple sells their home in a large city to move to the mountains of Colorado and live mostly in exile while studying the nature of God's extraordinary beauty and unbelievable sculpture of the Master's hands. They had a contract with a large publishing company to write a book. Unfortunately they experienced a transformation of being in an unfamiliar atmosphere of human life. After returning to their own earthly home, they had no recollection of the unusual experience.

While living in the mountains, the couple were plagued with aliens. The actual sight of them only happened twice, however they saw space ships and UFO's often. The angry, unwelcome aliens rigged the couples cabin to try and scare them out of their territory and make them leave. This couple had included in their book, the strange and threatening acts that was imposed upon them by the aliens, which made their enemies angry. After enduring  these fearful threats for many months, the couple's fished manuscript was stolen out of their camper the night before thet were to deliver it to the publishers. They were broke and had nothing left to live on. An old hermit-type friend whom the couple had met w mountain cabin, died and left them his millions of dollars. Old Jim,  who lived in a tent with a dug-out under it, just a short distance from the couples cabin, turned out to be the young man's long lost uncle who was a US spy working for the aliens. The young man gets kidnapped after he received the inheritance, but managed to escape with the help of an old gold prospector. The couple gets to build their million dollar "dream home" in the Cuchara Valley resort. They were never bothered with aliens again.

About the Author

Myrtle Jean Sharp is a retired business owner, and nurse / caregiver. She is the author of two books, a memoir of her life, When The Angel Came, and a novel, Above or Below. In her memoir, she expresses her pleasure as a child growing up in the time of the great depression. Her wonderful parents gave her more than what money could buy. They gave her love, taught her boldness, and planted within her the seed of positive thinking. All through her life she has thrived on these principles. Her interest other than writing include oil painting, sewing, cooking, bible teaching, counseling, and giving to the needy. She painted the book cover for the novel, Above or Below. She is a member of The Eastern Star, the National Association of Professional Women, A charter member of the George W. Bush Library, An active member of the GOP, A member of the RNC, an honored recipient of the Ronald Reagan presidency, and now serving on the deacon board of her church. She is married to Charles V. Sharp and has raised four children who have blessed them with six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. An extra blessing is a great-great granddaughter. Her endeavor to, "reach the moon," is still ongoing.