Sphere of Mercy

It is 1938, and deep inside a military hospital, an experiment called the White Door is searching for clues about out-of-body travel brought on by near-death experience. Everything is going fine until a lovable crew of German submariners are captured near the Golden Gate Bridge in a stolen U-boat and forced to become subjects of the experiment by a power-thirsty and villainous general.

Sphere of Mercy follows one of the experiment’s doctors, a young psychologist named Jon Lafuank, who disappears after allegedly learning a secret from one of the Germans. Jon is discovered by a disgruntled soldier, Corporal Frank Biloxi, the rebellious son of a spy who deeply regrets his decision of joining the army.

This novel brings the reader on a Pacific coastal adventure with these characters and many more. It includes cougar-infested coastline, a mountainous mining ghost town, the inner-city compound of the mysterious Mr. Gray, smugglers, Good Samaritan mercenaries, treasure-hunting thieves, and more.

Mike Liebo is a naturalist who loves adventure and writes to deliver his readers from mundane, everyday life by taking them to strange places that really do exist. The author’s biggest and favorite challenge is developing fun characters that have realistic lifestyles. The protagonists are not bulletproof or superhuman, and the antagonists may be villainous but have real-life reasons for their actions.
Mike has been blessed with an American bulldog named Zoe and currently resides in Tennessee near the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.