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Libraries receive 10% off on orders
($26.96 plus shipping)
ISBN 978-0-9834025-0-3 (The Gold House––The Discovery) $29.95
Order link will be open by October 31, 2011 or sooner.

This offer also applies to:
The Gold House – The Lies, The Thefts
The Gold House – Executive Order
Order links on the hardcover release dates will be announced online.

For more information call: 575-382-2181 after September 15, 2011

Book OneBook TwoBook Three

(Library Journal Review has received the following data on each book.)

Book One

Author: John Clarence (pseudonym for John C. Staley)
Title: The Gold House – The Discovery
Name: Soledad Publishing Company LLC
Address: 2452 Missouri Avenue, Las Cruces, NM 88004
Telephone number of publisher: 575-382-2181 after 9-15-2011
Date of publication: 30-45 days from (June 28, 2011)
Price: $29.95
Number of pages: 465
ISBN number: 978-0-9834025-0-3
Illustrations: 130
Index: pages 437-465
Endnotes: 280
Intended audience: General and wide audience

Brief description of the book:

The first book of The Gold House trilogy, The Gold House––The Discovery, is a true story about a great treasure of ancient gold bullion and priceless antiquities hidden within a small mountain in New Mexico's Hembrillo Basin. It is a story wrapped in a curious mixture of time and
legend, betrayal, conspiracy––and murder. Native Americans referred to it as their power mountain, the command at White Sands Missile Range call it Soledad, and the Central Intelligence Agency code-named it Deep Space. The FBI classified certain activities there under Operation 62385-11.

The White House refers to this place as case number WH 22036. To the people who know its secrets, it is — Victorio Peak.

Author's background:

John Clarence co-authored his first book in 1979, a slim volume entitled Three Mile Island: A Time of Fear, the first published book chronicling the events that followed the March 28, 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear plant incident in Pennsylvania. Afterward he edited and re-wrote Deadly Pursuit, a nonfiction book by Pulitzer Prize Journalist Robert Cox. A TV show based on the true events of a kidnapping in Shade Gap, Pennsylvania aired on ABC in the mid-1980s. Since then, Clarence has written other works of fiction, Cloudland and The Borshov Effect.

Book Two

Author: John Clarence (pseudonym for John C. Staley)
Co-Author: Tom Whittle
Title: The Gold House – The Lies, The Thefts
Name: Soledad Publishing Company LLC
Address: 2452 Missouri Avenue, Las Cruces, NM 88004
Telephone number of publisher: 575-382-2181 after 9-15-2011
Date of publication: September 2011
Price: $32.75
Number of pages: 654 plus Index (currently being done)
ISBN number:
Illustrations: 55
Index: to be added
Endnotes: 547
Intended audience: General and wide audience

Brief description of the book:

This is Book Two of The Gold House trilogy, The Gold House – The Lies, The Thefts, a detailed account of the unlawful removal of a staggering volume of gold, estimated at up to $150 billion at today’s prices, from the remote mountain on White Sands Missile Range known as Victorio Peak. The thefts reportedly involved two Presidents; Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. While the true story remained shrouded behind “Top Secret” labels and a disinformation campaign that confused and obstructed inquiring Senators, Congressmen and news reporters, evidence shows that intimidation and even murder served as tools of hardcore criminal elements to keep a tight lid on the affair. Based on years of research, The Gold House – The Lies, The Thefts presents groundbreaking information about what may well be the greatest financial crime of the 20^th century. This heavily documented book reveals in detail the accounts of the various thefts and those involved.

Author's background: (Clarence)

John Clarence co-authored his first book in 1979, a slim volume entitled Three Mile Island: A Time of Fear, the first published book chronicling the events that followed the March 28, 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear plant incident in Pennsylvania. Afterward he edited and re-wrote Deadly Pursuit, a nonfiction book by Pulitzer Prize Journalist Robert Cox. A TV show based on the true events of a kidnapping in Shade Gap, Pennsylvania aired on ABC in the mid-1980s. Since then, Clarence has written other works of fiction, Cloudland and The Borshov Effect.

Author's background: (Whittle)

In 1973, while serving as a U.S. Army officer in the Military Intelligence branch, Tom Whittle was first exposed to information about the Victorio Peak treasure. Later, working with investigative reporter Jack Anderson and others, he conducted an extensive probe into reports that enormous quantities of gold bars had been secretly and illegally removed from the site by a cast of characters that included Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. Based on research that included hundreds of interviews, he published three in-depth articles on the subject and, when approached by author John Clarence, agreed to share his findings. As a career investigative reporter and editor, Whittle has received numerous national and state awards for reporting and editorial excellence and has probed an array of issues, including human rights abuses, government corruption, and ethics in the media. He is a 1972 graduate of Syracuse University, where he majored in journalism and political science.

Book Three

Author: John Clarence (pseudonym for John C. Staley)
Title: The Gold House &ndash Executive Order
Name: Soledad Publishing Company LLC
Address: 2452 Missouri Avenue, Las Cruces, NM 88004
Telephone number of publisher: 575-382-2181 after 9-15-2011
Date of publication: early-November 2011
Price: $29.75
Number of pages: Approximately 400 (plus Index)
ISBN number:
Illustrations: 113
Index: to be added
Endnotes: 237
Intended audience: General and wide audience
L-J will received an Advance Reader Copy by mid-August

Brief description of the book:

Book Three of The Gold House trilogy, The Gold House––Executive Order, begins eight months after Nixon’s 1973 gold theft and five months after the Army’s phony inquiry on March 5, 1974. The book tells how a retired U.S. Army general with CIA connections claimed that President Reagan would sign an Executive order to open the site if the Noss family signed over ninety-nine percent of the treasure to secret overseas accounts. Terry Delonas, Ova Noss’ grandson, refused. Now, knowing that much of the treasure was still in-place, he formed the Ova Noss Family Partnership (ONFP) aimed at gaining permission to search for the treasure. The approval came when President Bush signed off on the project in the Defense Authorization Act for 1990-1991. When the exploration finally began, the WSMR accounting office created a secret cash account, The General’s Kitty, where money unlawfully skimmed from ONFP payments was secreted. The “Kitty” reached $250,000 and was spent foolishly on items unrelated to the exploration. In the end, ONFP was drained of its funds and kicked off the site by a White Sands’ Commanding General. Book Three is an in-depth exposé on the illegal activities that occurred at White Sands Missile Range related to the ONFP exploration.

Author's background:

John Clarence co-authored his first book in 1979, a slim volume entitled Three Mile Island: A Time of Fear, the first published book chronicling the events that followed the March 28, 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear plant incident in Pennsylvania. Afterward he edited and re-wrote Deadly Pursuit, a nonfiction book by Pulitzer Prize Journalist Robert Cox. A TV show based on the true events of a kidnapping in Shade Gap, Pennsylvania aired on ABC in the mid-1980s. Since then, Clarence has written other works of fiction, Cloudland and The Borshov Effect.