Based on a True Story:
NEW POLITICAL THRILLER FOLLOWS THE LIFE AND POLITICS OF PROMINENT U.S. MAYOR

Beyond the mirrored windows of the city’s high-rise buildings, the landscape of a metropolis on the outskirts of the Hudson River, leaves a city that set the standard for corruption and overshadowed itself by the darkness of political deception.

There was a resiliency that strengthened the people to look beyond the wars and tragedies that once impacted a nation. For those who were left behind, it was a roadmap into their futures and the understood importance of one man’s decision to leave his life behind so to fight for someone else’s life instead.

It was less than a year since returning home from Iraq before, when Harper Solton caught the attention of fellow Marine Corps veteran and the city’s first black mayor. It was persuasion that gripped him. Having no interest in politics, Harper fell hard to his curiosity and accepted a once in a lifetime invitation that would ultimately introduce him to his future. Holding to the thinking that in order to win you must lose first, he accepted the challenges that were waiting for him. Delivering too little and too few, but more tragically, existed the failure to properly care for a city and its people. It would take more than an election to restore the people. It would take charity and integrity. Holding itself to rebirth, a second chance to rebuild the coastline emerged, as the gleam of new buildings and the disparity of income of the older, forgotten neighborhoods would fade into the city scenery. With the dysfunction of a political system still alive, there was less promise for reform.

“In the past few years, a new type of leadership is beginning to enter politics, says Guarneri. “It's impressive to find political leadership that is maintaining accountability and transparency to the people. It brings about a restored hope that this same leadership will filter into other cities and smaller towns. I hope Flames of Truth gives readers a glimmer of hope in today’s floundering political climate. I wanted to write a story to help restore trust in the American system.”