MacEwan Trilogy

Alec MacEwan: Reporter, the reader is introduced to Alec the hard drinking disgraced reporter who was born in Glasgow. He moved to Toronto when he was 12 and worked his way to being a celebrated print reporter who wore Armani suits and got the scoop. That is until his fall from grace due to a salacious scandal ended his career.It was political, involving an up and coming politician and his wife. Alec claimed he was framed but he lost in court, his wife divorced him and his profession turned on him.As a blogger he eked out a living. But when a person he was to interview got butchered in front of him and he himself got slashed, Alec found himself back in the news.Another murder and the Toronto Police service had no suspects. Investigation uncovered ties with the politician's daughter. Canadian Security Intelligence Service got involved but motive was not forthcoming.A controversial professor working on thousands of pieces of parchment from the Gobleki Tepe site might be the actual target and the motive could be religious not political. The professor was about to publish his findings implying the origin of monotheism.Corporate and international governmental interests were uncovered and things get complicated.Enter the Consortium, a group of computer super geeks who make Anonymous look like amateurs. Alec gets caught up with them and along the way uncovers information regarding his past. The consortium and Alec develop an online news source and the story of the murders and possible motive make their online news source a hit.But who is the killer and what is the motive? Is it political, religious and what do the RCMP and CSIS know?

Volume Two of my MacEwan Trilogy has the irascible reporter Alec MacEwan back on top, thanks to the Consortium and their vision of an online newspaper.A friend of Alec's gets wrongfully arrested, charged and jailed pending his trial. He is remanded to the Metropolitan Regional Detention Center in Scarborough.Alec goes to bail out his friend only to discover he had been found beaten to death. All hell breaks loose and the Consortium goes to press championing ALEC's friend.Government malfeasance and bad faith employment practices are uncovered (issues that are real and still prevalent) and fingers are pointed as Alec does battle with correctional officers and the local union.While this blows up and becomes a political hot potato, Alec finds himself at odds with the Consortium. In addition he has to deal with his ex wife and estranged daughter. As this unfolds Alec finds himself in a vulnerable situation his entire future and rebirth as a celebrated reporter is once again at risk.

When I studied journalism, -30- was how we ended our piece, like writing "the End" when completed. In -30-, Volume 3 of my MacEwan Trilogy, the reader finds Alec has semi-retired from reporting. He writes novels and manages a pub based on pubs from his homeland Scotland and he runs his pub with two fellow scots from Glasgow. Alec is called for jury duty and can't get out of it. In his pub he meets a retired writer from Quebec and they enjoy spirited banter. Alec is in good terms with the kids from the Consortium and life for him is good albeit quiet. When one of the jurors is killed, Metropolitan Toronto Police Services contact Alec as a warning and to pick his brain for clues. CSIS and the RCMP put pressure on the Metro coppers when another juror is found dead. Things pick up when a third juror dies and with no motive or suspect police become frantic. Killing jurors undermines the entire justice system so this case needs solving, hence the pressure from the feds. But without any leads, the police are hamstrung in protecting the remaining jurors and some flee the city, including Alec.Brian Johnson, the bass player from the 70's band Ziska Road helps Alec out while the police attempt to solve the killings. Brian Johnson and his story is chronicledin my novel, Ziska Road. Things take a turn when Alec goes missing while visiting his French friend and it does not look good for Alec.