TEXAS PRISON BREAK

About the Book

Texas Prison Break is an action-packed mystery. Forrest Wilson, a Christian has returned to Fort Worth from Walter Reed Army Medical Center after partially recuperating from serious wounds sustained in Afghanistan. Right after his return he has a traumatic breakup with his fiancée, Elizabeth Young, in her apartment and then has a one-car accident two hours later, leaving him with dissociate amnesia. Although Elizabeth is alive when he leaves her, an unknown assailant kills her, leaving no incriminating evidence behind. A month later a grand jury indicts Wilson for Elizabeth’s murder. In his unstable condition he pleads guilty and receives a 20-year sentence. In prison he regains his memory and draws close to God. After he has been in prison three years, Elizabeth’s sister, Mary, tells him she has discovered new evidence that might help him find her sister’s killer. To protect her and the new evidence, Forrest decides to break out of prison. During his adventures in the free world he encounters and helps several other Christians that are in different kinds of prisons from the one he has left.

About the Author

Born and raised in Austin Texas, Preston Harper served eight years in U.S. Army Intelligence. He has an MA from The University of Texas in Austin and a PhD from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. He has taught American literature at Abilene Christian University for over twenty-five years. Besides Texas Prison Break he has written a translation of Beowulf and five novels: Warlords of the West: A Story of the Comanches, The Good Fight, A Small Deception, Reasons to Live, Reasons to Die, and They Wanted Justice. He has also written over 100 academic articles and reviews. He and his wife, Marsha live in Abilene, Texas. They have three children.