Karl Milde

The Road Ranger Karl Milde

Publisher Marketing: Meet Tom Smith, the entrepreneur-founder of "RoadWheels," a hugely successful company that carries people and their cars from city to city in uniquely designed, double-deck tractor-trailers. While tailing a car that his company brought north from New York City and unloaded at Niagara Falls, a car he believes is smuggling contraband into Canada, Tom is ambushed, knifed and left for dead. An alert Canadian border official, Alonzo Sierra, saves his life by bringing him to a Toronto hospital. During his recovery, Tom decides to feign his own demise and continue his investigation incognito, his true identity known only to the top managers of his company and to Alonzo. Wearing silver aviator glasses to mask his face, Tom follows a trail that leads him from New York City to a remote island in the South Pacific. As he gets ever closer to finding his attacker, a vicious killer known as the "Enforcer," and the Enforcer's boss, an evil woman who leads the smuggling operation, he loses his ownership of RoadWheels and unknowingly enters their deadly trap. While following the twists and turns of his investigation, Tom meets one person after another who desperately needs his help. He takes time to stop whenever and wherever he finds injustice to protect the innocent and bring the wrongdoers to task. Step by step, Tom finds his true self, and a hero is born. He becomes the "Road Ranger," destined to travel the highways with his all-black tractor-trailer and silver motorcycle, accompanied by his young companion, Alonzo, whom he has dubbed "Toronto." Contributor Bio:  Milde, Karl Karl F. Milde, Jr. is a practicing attorney, specializing in intellectual property law. He is a member of the law firm of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC in White Plains, NY. Karl is a graduate of Georgetown University Law School and holds two Bachelor of Science degrees from M. I. T. (Physics and Electrical Engineering). Karl has made numerous inventions, for which he received patents, principally in the fields of electronic music, automotive electronics as well as vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. Karl has written a children's mystery series about a young inventor named Jason who joins with his friends to investigate suspicious activity at school, at summer camp, on Grandmother's farm and on Governor's Island. He has also written three adult novels, The Commuter Train, The Airplane and The Road Ranger, a "transportation trilogy" about trains, planes and automobiles. Karl served as president of the Rotary Club of New York as well as the Rotary Club of White Plains (NY) where he is currently a member. In 2009/2010 he served as the Rotary International District Governor for the Rotary District 7230, which includes New York City, The Bronx, Staten Island, Westchester County NY and the island country of Bermuda. Karl resides in Mahopac NY with his wife Cheryl and has three children and four grandchildren.