The Gutenberg Rubric
Copyright© 2018 by Wayzgoose
Preface
About The Gutenberg Rubric
Two rare-book librarians race across three continents to find and preserve a legendary book printed by Johannes Gutenberg. Behind them, a trail of bombed libraries draws Homeland Security to launch a worldwide search for biblio-terrorists. Keith and Maddie find love along the way, but will they survive to enjoy it?
I’m Nathan Everett and I’ve been involved in the publishing and book industry since the late 1970s. During that time, I not only worked as an author and pubisher, but as a trainer—especially during the ‘desktop publishing revolution’ of the eighties and nineties. I taught software, document design, typography, color theory, production, and print history. That last became a passion.
I researched and wrote about print history for close to twenty years, but it seemed there was a hole in the history that begged to be filled. What secret project was so important to Johannes Gutenberg that he sacrificed his entire Bible-printing enterprise, just months before the printing was completed, rather than share the secret with his business partner, Johan Fust? It begged to have this story written.
My efforts were rewarded in July of 2011 when the book was awarded second prize in the Pacific Northwest Writers’ Association Literary Competition for Mysteries and Thrillers. Over the years, The Gutenberg Rubric has consistently been my best selling and highest rated novel. I now present it here as a free gift to my SOL readers. Enjoy!
Other Titles by Nathan Everett
City Limits
Gee Evars wandered into Rosebud Falls on Independence Day just in time to rescue a toddler from the rushing torrent of the Rose River. And to lose his memory. In an attempt to make Rosebud Falls his home, Gee becomes a local hero and inadvertently leads a revolt that changes the balance of power in the town. But will he ever know who he really is? Now available on SOL.
The Volunteer
Journey inside the head of a chronically homeless man--a man that in a less politically correct age we might have called a hobo. Gerald Good, known now only as G2, volunteered to take the place of a homeless man, believing he would work his way back quickly. Ten years later, twenty ... thirty years, find G2 alone in his head, his memories, and his boxcar.