Born in 1938, christened Alfred John Fetter, was raised, educated, and married in the Pacific Northwest. He is a US Navy veteran, retired Aerospace Engineer turned writer. His core beliefs are; family and friends first, there is a God in spite of us, there is life outside our solar system; that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, as an inalienable right, go hand in hand with responsibility and good citizenship. That small pleasures, as well as bold actions define ones character, that the greatest gift is life and the greatest reward is the love of a good woman and children. That writing is one of life's small pleasures. He and his wife, Dorothy, live in Colorado near their grown children and their many grandchildren. Confraternity of Death is his second novel. His first, One Gemini Down, is due to be published fall of 2005. His current project is the biography of Leonard Murray, WWII-POW and Bronze Star recipient. He has also written many short stories, as well as a biography for his grandchildren