Described as "a writer in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and other self-educated seers" by the San Francisco Chronicle, David Rains Wallace turns his attention in this new book to another distinctive corner of California—its desert, the driest and hottest environment in North America. Drawing from his frequent forays to Death Valley, Red Rock Canyon, Kelso Dunes, and other locales, Wallace illuminates the desert’s intriguing flora and fauna as he explores a contr...

Described as "a writer in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and other self–educated seers" by the San Francisco Chronicle, David Rains Wallace turns his attention to one of the most distinctive corners of California: the San Francisco Bay Area. Weaving a complex and engaging story of the Bay Area from personal, historical, and environmental threads, Wallace's exploration of the natural world takes readers on a fascinating tour through the region: from Point Reyes Na...

In Florida, there exists a very special ecosystem where sub-tropical and north-temperate vegetation meet— Bulow Hammock. Saved by conservationists, it is one of the last stands of forest on the East Coast. This hardwood grove in Florida's open marshes and pine wood is now a State Park where complex life thrives. In the tradition of Peter Matthiessen and Stephen Jay Gould, David Rains Wallace links natural history with the imagination for an intensive study of this unique and beautiful ecos...

Dark horizons is the long awaited fourth installment in the urban rain series that will bring this darkened journey to a close. It features, David Dane, Lilly Chicoine, Robert and Richard gray, Kate "the gate” shamrock eddy Dorozowsky, as well as a variety of others…. in these pages you will experience darkness greater than the absence of light can supply as well as comedy that will leave you rolling on the floor…..bear witness as evil visits Montreal's east end once more involving all of ...

NIGHTS END. As David Dane is whisked away to the morgue a stranger appears out of nowhere to shadow Kate Shamrocks every move.Nights End, the final installment in The Urban Rain Trilogy that witnesses the finality of a legend. Now, a hooded stranger has emerged from the twilight to watch over Von The Icons niece prior to one of the greatest betrayals ever witnessed by a man who was once thought of as a hero. In the seedy alley walls off of Ontario Street, one fighter must face his greatest...

Twenty-five-year-old bodybuilder David Dane has never had an interest in drugs. When he arrives in a new town to begin a job as a personal trainer, David heads to Ontario Street to buy a raincoat. Little does he know that a dark shadow hangs over Ontario Street and that the woman in fishnet stockings who walks past him is about to introduce him to the dangerous world of drug addiction.After David invites Lilly Chicoine to have a drink with him, he soon realizes that he has unintent...

It has been years since Lilly Chicoine left David Dane, but what no one knows is that there is a dark sinister secret that she and Dane still hold closely despite their estrangement. Dane is a tormented soul whose plagued by dreams of his lost love Lilly, and haunted by the memories of the special moments they shared in a dark and hypnotic neighbourhood known simply as Ontario Street. Lucky for Dane it is not long before a dangerous and sinister chain of events brings the legendary duo bac...