Introducing Dave Cropp
I am new to the blogosphere. I am excited about my first novel that will be coming out this summer: “Valley Heat,” published by Oaktree Press: http://oaktreebooks.com/ . It is based on my many years in law enforcement with a loose analogy to Dante’s Divine Comedy, specifically his journey through hell (inferno). It’s taken me years to write. The idea fascinated me from the start, and the challenge of fitting my cop stories into a new fiction format was important to me. I feel that Dante’s journey resembles the constant human struggle to define right vs. wrong, good vs. bad; and the ultimate attempt to validate our perceptions by pointing to the ultimate idea of consequences. I do not take sides; do not support one religion over another, or even support religion over atheism. The story transcends religious dogma. At its core level it is about one person struggling with a soul that reaches out for as much fun a possible, and a cognition tha