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Novels, Books, Short Stories and Essays by R.M. Dolin

A compendium of fiction novels, nonfiction books, short stories, and essays. There’s even a cookbook for men.

AN UNSUSTAINABLE LIFE – The Book of Issac

Issac’s a Chicago ne’er-do-well who, after burning through his trust fund, reluctantly accepts a deal with his uncle to live one year in the New Mexico wilderness in exchange for wealth. His metamorphosis into a responsible man leading a purpose-driven life is an outcome he doesn’t expect. UNDER DEVELOPMENT

AN UNSUSTAINABLE LIFE – The Book of Darwin

What if what you broke is humanity, how do you fix that? Darwin chooses to atone for his sins by isolating himself from technology’s temptations in a New Mexico wilderness self-sustaining life. GO TO NOVEL PAGE

THE DANGLING CONVERSATION

Kyle and Isabelle have nothing in common other than the park bench they share. As conversations evolve, they dissect each other’s lives, including Isabelle’s complex relationship with Henry and Kyle’s inability to see Nadia doesn’t love him anymore. GO TO NOVEL PAGE, EXPLORE NOVEL POEMS

What Is To Be Done – A Trilogy

All politics is local; something a gifted group of scientists must repeatedly relearn. These diverse intellectuals, capable of profound thought, action, and ability, realize something must be done to prop up the perilous pillars of democracy before the world descends into darkening dystopia, but each time they’re ready to launch their virtual coup, they get pulled into a local crisis. The omnipresent danger is government Watchers who are closing in and the world won’t wait for them to figure things out (dun duh duun). What Is To Be Done Companion Poems

1: WHAT IS TO BE DONE

In the aftermath of chaos following the release of a human engineered virus, a group of gifted scientists calling themselves the “Americans for a New America” (ANA), realize something must be done to save the country from dysfunction and the hidden oligarchs seeking to take control. In a perfect world, citizens could rely on government to mitigate the crisis but in reality, government is the crisis. So, the ANA hatch an ingenious plan to correct the listing vessel of democracy – that is until fate intercedes. GO TO NOVEL PAGE, EXPLORE NOVEL POEMS

2: TROPHIC CASCADE – The Rise and Fall of Quiet Acquiescence

What if there’s more to love than being unable to bear the thought of being without someone, wanting nothing more than to see them happy, and never wanting to leave their side? What if love is not romantic, is not a form of friendship, and is not what one feels for family? Is it even love, and if not, what is it? That’s the question Jake and Sympatico must sort out while the ANA set out to bring down Miguel’s powerful human trafficking ring while alluding capture by government Watchers. GO TO NOVEL PAGE, EXPLORE NOVEL POEMS

3: RAINMAKERS of REVOLUTION

The country’s crumbling into chaos, with freedom and submission staked out on opposite sides of the same tarnished coin. Political pettiness couples with corruption and censorship to complement the feckless incompetence of leaders lacking sufficient integrity to act in the nation’s best interest. Meanwhile, the single thread laid bare for anyone curious enough to notice is the oligarchs secretly in charge are stealthily proceeding with plans for world dominance. It falls on a misfit crew of retired scientists to become the rainmakers of revolution, the best hope for a faltering nation. GOT TO NOVEL PAGE, EXPLORE NOVEL POEMS.

UNDERLYING CONDITIONS

While complying with COVID caused changes, a saleswoman with underlying conditions meets a furloughed Chef refusing to acquiesce to the new normal. Sample Chapters

• Coffee Kiosk – Random encounter at the home improvement center
• Rendezvous – Marcos prepares a parking lot picnic

Nonfiction Books

TRUTH AND TRUST IN CRISIS

A nonfiction journey through the calamities of COVID following real science. Mark Twain popularized the expression “there are lies, damn lies, and statistics,” to emphasize the power of mathematics to auger through lies and distortions to reveal the truth. This book follows an engineer’s efforts to put COVID into comprehensible context using simple math and responsible logic. Each chapter explores elements of the crisis examining what is truth and which assertions can be trusted. The content is based on 2020 essays Dr. Dolin submitted to major media during the crisis, only no one in media had the curiosity or courage to publish opposition to prescribed narratives. In times of crisis, our lives depend on truthful data being used in trusted applications for policy and planning, but what happens when the data is obfuscated and the trustworthiness of crisis managers is suspect? The only way past the lies and damn lies, is through the application of real science and in doing so, we can expose the crisis within the COVID crisis. READ BOOK, READ SUPPORTING ESSAYS

THE WORLD’S A SCARY PLACE – Banned

A nonfiction narrative of how capabilities and resources at the Los Alamos National Laboratory are used to keep America, and its citizens, safe from a constant barrage of malicious threats and vulnerabilities. Hardback release planned for Fall, 2022.

Outline – Mind Map for each chapter in the book

AN ENGINEER’S GUIDE TO SURVIVAL

From cooking gourmet meals for date night to preparing game and making homemade items like jerky, Canadian Bacon, Sauerkraut, Cheese, Yogurt and Bread, this is a complete guide for single men who still have an interest in being men.

Short Stories

Code of the West – Things that happen on hunting trip
Cowboy Coffee – A stark example of life on a cattle ranch
How Are You Happy – A Park bench philosophy about love and happiness
Kyle from Kabyle – The journey is the destination
That First Necessary Step – Stepping past your fears
Sacrifices to Achieve Objectives – The End Doesn’t Necessarily Justify the Means
The Madmen of Moscow – Soldier on the front line writes his wife
The Trumpeter of Krakow – Legends grow from bravery
Calculus of Love – Imagine if there was a math for love
Social Nullification – Everyone has a past they keep hidden
Sounds of Silence – The silence is the answer
Jake and Emelia – A love story told in reverse order
Dominic and Denali – A story of love and loss but not lost love
A Dream That Dies – Everyone has a dream that never dies, until…
Underlying Condition – A COVID story
COVID Casual – Dating during COVID
Death Is An Illusion – A short story told in poem form
Message in a Bottle– When a bottle of wine means more than a bottle of wine
Subconscious Gets Its Say – Forced to face the COVID Crisis
Imaginary Numbers – When two souls from different worlds occupy the same space
Passions of a Padre – A sermon on perseverance
Critical Care Nurse – Dirt bike riding during COVID
Mea Culpa of Grocery Day – Grocery shopping during COVID
Regret To Inform You But You’ve Been Replaced By You – Impact of AI
Say It Ain’t So – Sometimes you only think you want to know
The Curious Case of the Overweight Carryon – Business 101 in France
Hesitant Henry – Love has an ironic way of complicating relationships
On The Existence of God – What we have it wrong? What if we’re right?

Essays

Sacrifices to Achieve Objectives – The End Doesn’t Necessarily Justify the Means
The Madmen of Moscow – Soldier on the front line writes his wife
At the Risk of Revolution – Encouraging Russian citizens to rise up against the Oligarchs
Hyatt Place Paris – A Misadventure’s Review – Bizarre experience at hotel
The Curious Case of Unaccounted for Corpses – Investigating discrepancies in CDC death data
How Truckers Killed COVID – A satirical look at the implications of the Canadian Trucker convoy
Emmett’s Fix-it Shop: It’s Time to Wake the Woke – Being “Green” is not necessarily green
Missile Crisis 2.0 – Hard to say Russia doesn’t have a point
Supreme Court Math – What the math says about identity politics
Why Nations Wage War – What if world leaders started war and no on showed up?
What if the Cure is the Cause – Exploring an interesting hypothesis
Journey Away from the Politics of Science – From the illogical to the absurd
Please Opt Out of Inauguration Day – A father’s open letter to his son
Another Nail In the Coffin of American Democracy – Compromised Election
In the Shadow of Mount Rushmore – Trump’s visit of South Dakota
The Languishing Lack of Something to Look Forward To
Children of Thalidomide – Should we take the COVID cure
Birthday Memories – in the era of COVID
History’s Most Consequential Prediction – that most never heard of
Opting Out – No longer consenting to follow my Governor
Mea Culpa of Grocery Day – Shopping during COVID
Old Otowi Bridge – Putting COVID into perspective
Critical Care Nurse – Chance encounter with a COVID nurse
Subconscious Gets Its Say – Forced to face the COVID Crisis