Books by Chuck Brown

The campaign trail is paved with blood and brokenbones.History diverged one fateful day in1868, when presidential candidate Horatio Seymour lost his temper mid-debate andviolently attacked Ulysses S. Grant, earning him not only widespread popularitybut the presidency as well. Today, elections are decided by brutal, highlypublicized hand-to-hand combat in arenas called Stumps. And in a society thatadores violence this much, it''s no surprise that powerful people get away withmurder. But not for long-not if Senator Jack Hammer and FBI Agent Anna BellLister have anything to say aboutit.Eisner-nominated writer CHUCK BROWN(BITTER ROOT, Rotten Apple) teams up with artist FRANCESCO CHIAPPARA andletterer CLAYTON COWLES for a political action series set in a hyper-violentworld full of countless injustices, and people who have to fight for their placein it.Collects ON THE STUMP#1-5

Wherever Cass Baird’s career in academia has taken her, her soul’s compass has always pointed to Forgotten Lake, her childhood home in northern Minnesota. When her parent’s marriage goes on the rocks that sense of home is threatened and she is drawn back, hoping to still find her true north. What she finds instead is her father feuding with the local authorities, a feud that soon gets out of hand, leading to a riotous convergence of misguided conspiracy theories, wayward patriots and armed militia. Can a new love survive and grow amid such chaos?In his new novel, The Forgotten Lake Secession, Chuck Brown continues to exhibit his style of introducing readers to slightly odd, true-to-life characters who stumble through life, firm in their convictions, and determined to do things their own way. You’ll enjoy the characters and the setting—an isolated lake in Minnesota’s north woods—where a hilarious crisis initiates, yet threatens and evolving love story.    —Justice Paul H. Anderson (Retired)Chuck Brown is a corporate refugee who treasures his time at the lake. He lives with his wife, Pat, in Olivia, Minnesota.