Books

Touched with Fire, a novel of the Civil War inspired by the true story of Ellen Craft.

Ellen Craft is property; in this case, of her half-sister Debra, to whom she was given as a wedding gift. The illegitimate daughter of a Georgia plantation owner and a house slave, she learned to hate her own image, which so closely resembled that of her “...

Book II of the Fire Trilogy

In the fall of 1863, there is still a chance to prevent a Union victory in the Civil War.
Robert E. Lee’s most trusted senior commander, General James Longstreet, takes two Virginia divisions west to unite with General Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee. Longstreet arrives just in time to join in the Confederate...

PI Zooey Krause has no idea what she is walking into when she accepts a bread and butter assignment to investigate the car-crash death of an experimental nuclear power plant worker. Soon enough, however, she finds herself doing battle with the tentacles of a powerful and angry octopus out to destroy the framework of Democracy. Its weapons are...

“Don’t read this one before you go to bed. And if you do, leave the lights on.”—Hill Rag Magazine

The Demon Stone is a powerful supernatural thriller that leads you from the killing fields of Africa to the quiet Boundary Waters of Northern Minnesota. In braided narratives, Datta spins a terrifying story about the spiritual forces—both real and...

Young Christopher’s family goes on vacation to a remote cabin on a lake, but Christopher is unhappy to be away from his friends until he makes a new friend, Dancer, a Great Blue Heron. Dancer convinces Christopher to get in his little inflatable boat and go fishing together. What happens next is an adventure Christopher will never forget.

A young Christopher must deal with a very bad egg. For ages 4 to 9.

“Christopher Fries an Egg,” written by Christopher Datta and illustrated by Christine Vineyard, is a match made in kiddie-lit heaven. Datta’s fantastical tale of a boy who is betrayed by once-friendly appliances and stalked by a vengeful fried egg is perfectly served by Vineyard’...

I jumped at the chance to say a word about Run Scout Run. Chris Datta opens the book by explaining the human bond with dogs in powerful theological, evolutionary and literary terms. Chris’ stance is firm and unapologetic: “The arrogance of humanity is appalling. We constantly set ourselves on high as the top of Creation.” But he and Scout forge...

Chris Datta is a colleague, friend and personal hero of mine. As a fellow Foreign Service Officer, I've done some hard jobs, but nothing compared to Chris's service in the toughest, most dangerous places on earth. Chris tells the story of one American FSO who believed in serving his country in very foreign lands. From the hilariously morbid...