title: With Footfalls of Shadow (Volume 1)
author:  Donogan Sawyer 
description: My name is John R Wheeling. I use the pseudonym, Donogan Sawyer, for my fantasy work in order to separate it from my literary fiction and non fiction. The name is meant to remember and honor family whose name I do not carry. I was born in 1970 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania where I grew up. Wisely or foolishly, I used my University experience to travel the country, attending schools in Pennsylvania, Nevada, New Mexico and Florida. I paid my way through most of my University days as a gymnastics coach. Shortly after graduating with a degree in English education, an unusual opportunity was offered to me to go to Namibia to help develop their men's gymnastics program. I stayed in Namibia for a year where I met my wife. We subsequently went to England where I studied for a Master's in Shakespeare and Renaissance culture, and my wife practiced physiotherapy. My wife and I decided to join my family business to pay off our debt and save a little money, so I became a stock broker for seven years. I have three children, a son and twin girls. When the girls were born, we decided to come back to Namibia. I maintained a modest consulting company in the States which sustained us for our first several years while I launched Leisure Times Magazine, which became an annual guidebook about Namibia. Leisure Times has moved on line and has led to some other writing projects. I am also working on a novel of literary fiction, and I am researching a book and video on creation myths and traditions of the indigenous peoples of Namibia.
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  The Shadow of the Rope
  
  
  The Shadow of the Rope
  
  
    
    
  CHAPTER I. THE END OF THEIR LIFE  
    
  CHAPTER II. THE CASE FOR THE CROWN  
    
  CHAPTER III. NAME AND NATURE  
    
  CHAPTER IV. THE MAN IN THE TRAIN  
    
  CHAPTER V. THE MAN IN THE STREET  
    
  CHAPTER VI. A PERIPATETIC PROVIDENCE  
    
  CHAPTER VII. A MORNING CALL  
    
  CHAPTER VIII. THE DOVE AND THE SERPENT  
    
  CHAPTER IX. A CHANGE OF SCENE  
    
  CHAPTER X. A SLIGHT DISCREPANCY  
    
  CHAPTER XI. ANOTHER NEW FRIEND  
    
  CHAPTER XII. EPISODE OF THE INVISIBLE VISITOR  
    
  [CHAPTER XIII. THE AUSTRALIAN
  ROOM](The%20Shadow%20of%20the%20Rope_split_001.html#filepos237555)  
    
  [CHAPTER XIV. BATTLE
  ROYAL](The%20Shadow%20of%20the%20Rope_split_001.html#filepos249779)  
    
  [CHAPTER XV. A CHANCE
  ENCOUNTER](The%20Shadow%20of%20the%20Rope_split_001.html#filepos263902)  
    
  [CHAPTER XVI. A MATCH FOR MRS.
  VENABLES](The%20Shadow%20of%20the%20Rope_split_001.html#filepos279473)  
    
  [CHAPTER XVII. FRIENDS IN
  NEED](The%20Shadow%2