Novels by James Gregory
2024 2025 2026
The Caverns of Sedona
"The Caverns of Sedona" is a labour of love, combining two of my passions – cave exploring and the red rocks of Sedona – into one novel. When I started it two years ago, I began with a simple premise: If an entrance to the fabled Caverns of Sedona was discovered, what then?
I had a beginning but no ending. As the chapters unfolded, I got to know and love the characters: Peter Mason, a retired cave whisperer; Henry Garrity, a professor of Geology at Northern Arizona University (NAU) obsessed with finding the fabled Caverns of Sedona: Jan Evehema, a geology student at NAU, computer genius, and a member of the Hopi Nation: and Gabriel Kavalier, a geology student at NAU and drone pilot. I walked with them as they explored the caves and suffered with them when disaster struck. I had no idea how the story was going to end. I had to let the characters figure things out as they went along. So exciting!
Here is an excerpt from the beginning of the book, which is told from the perspective of Peter Mason, who has the uncanny ability to sense and seek out caves. Over his illustrious career as a cave whisperer, he made many astounding discoveries of cave systems the experts insisted did not exist or came up with additional chambers and passageways to systems the experts claimed were fully mapped and explored.
Despite all these underground achievements, by the time I turned 65, it seemed all the world's major cave systems had been discovered and fully explored, and the world had moved on. My three lovely children had moved out to make their own lives. My beloved wife Anna passed away. My books stopped selling. My phone stopped ringing. My inbox received only junk mail. I sat in an empty house, wondering if my life was over.
Then, I received a phone call from Henry Garrity, a Geology professor at Northern Arizona University (NAU). He had injected argon gas with a distinctive radioactive signature into a blowhole north of Flagstaff and detected traces of the same gas four months later in a newly discovered blowhole near Sedona – 40 miles away! This was the first solid proof of the legendary Caverns of Sedona. Would I care to join him in further research? I jumped at the chance.
It was night when I arrived in Sedona. As I drifted off to sleep, I thought I could hear a faint voice calling to me, 'Come to us.' I assumed it was the world-famous red rocks of Arizona. But I was wrong. It was the Caverns of Sedona.
I invite you to join me in the adventure of a lifetime.
If you are a reader, you can order “The Caverns of Sedona” from Amazon.
If you are a bookstore interested in carrying my books, please contact me directly. “The Caverns of Sedona” retails for $20. The first three copies are free; additional copies will be shipped to you for $10 each (minimum order 10, payment in advance, free shipping in Canada).
James Gregory
james_gregory@primus.ca
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The Sedona Flying School
For as long as I can remember, I have had sleeping and waking dreams of flying. Not the Peter Pan style of flying high up in the clouds, but a skimming type of flying just a few feet above the ground. I have since discovered that most people have had flying dreams of one sort or another.
Everyone knows people can’t really fly, but what if…? In 2000, my friend David Sunfellow and I played around with the idea of making a movie about what it would be like if people could fly, to the point where we had a rough script and were scouting locations in Sedona. We gave up on the pipe dream because the technical challenges of depicting flying on camera proved to be too daunting, and the script ended up in the trash can.
I never gave up on telling some sort of story about flying. In 2025, as a published author, I realized that I could do anything I wanted on the printed page and was not bound by any technical limitations. “The Sedona Flying School”, my second book, is the result. Here is an excerpt:
The storm moves in quickly. We are pelted by rain and lightning crackles around us. I am momentarily taken aback and about to shout a warning for us to get off the summit as quickly as possible when my foot slips on the wet rock and I find myself falling.
I realize I am in trouble, and there is likely no happy ending to this story. Time slows down. I get to thinking: “Hey, my spiritual path tells me that this world is not real, and that I’m not bound by its laws. Well, isn’t gravity a law? Maybe this is a good time to put my spiritual beliefs into practice.”
Then I get into an argument with my ego, which points out, “Who are you to defy the Law of Gravity?”
My higher Self counters, “Can you think of a better time and place than right here and now to put my spiritual beliefs to the test?”
“You are living in a dream world,” sneers the ego.
“Thank you for reminding me that this world is a dream. And if this is a dream, then I can change the nightmare into a happy dream in which gravity has no effect on me. This world is not real,” I shout into the wind and rain, “and I am not bound by the Law of Gravity!”
And at that moment, the ground rushes up to meet me.
Remember, with a vivid enough imagination, anything is possible. (If you are under 16, please do not attempt to fly without parent guidance… and a helmet.)
If you are a reader, you can order “The Sedona Flying School” from Amazon.
If you are a bookstore interested in carrying my books, please contact me directly. “The Sedona Flying School” retails for $20. The first three copies are free; additional copies will be shipped to you for $10 each (minimum order 10, payment in advance, free shipping in Canada).
James Gregory
james_gregory@primus.ca
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Conversations with Jesus Over a Cup of Coffee
Admit it, at one time or another, you have fantasized about talking to God. Not just praying to Him but sitting across a table with Him in person and having a meaningful conversation. Once you got over the initial shock, what would you say? What questions would you ask the creator of the universe who knows all things?
“Conversations with Jesus Over a Cup of Coffee” takes that idea one step further and I put Jesus across the table from me, drinking a cup of coffee. Why Jesus instead of God? Because Jesus has always felt more approachable, a man like me who walked the earth rather than a bearded old guy far away in heaven. And why coffee? There’s nothing like a cup of coffee in the morning. It’s so relaxing, and I think it sets the tone for the conversations.
And what questions should I ask? Are aliens real? Who killed John F. Kennedy? Should I invest in cryptocurrency? Probably not. My time with Jesus would be so precious I wouldn’t want to waste even a second on meaningless bubbles. Here are some of the questions covered in the book:
· Why am I here?
· What is real?
· What is the nature of time?
· Is the Bible the word of God?
· Is there more existence than just this one life?
· What happens at the Last Judgment?
· How am I supposed to make sense of all that is happening in the United States
and the world right now?
Here is an excerpt from the book in which Jesus (J) joins Sam (S) in Joe’s Coffee Shop for the first time:
When I arrived at Joe's, I sat at my usual spot in the corner and ordered a coffee from Violet. A few minutes later, an unfamiliar man entered the coffee shop and walked directly up to my table.
J: May I join you?
S: Excuse me. Do I know you?
J: Oh, yes, you've known me all your life. I am Jesus.
S: Leave me alone, you psycho, or I'll call Security.
J: This is a coffee shop, Sam. They don't have security. You invited me here. (The man sits down and Violet places a cup of coffee in front of him.)
S: What are you talking about? And how do you know my name?
J: You prayed to me last night. You were in a dark place and said you were at the end of your rope and needed to talk to me in person. That you had some questions and were desperate for answers.
S: How do you know about that? I never told anyone.
J: Like I said, I am Jesus. I heard you, and here I am.
S: You claim to be Jesus, but how do I know you are who you say you are?
J: That is a good question to start with, Sam. It shows a healthy skepticism.
What gives me the right to think that I know how Jesus would respond to these questions? I have drawn upon a book of teachings purportedly written by Jesus himself in 1965. Is it the truth? You be the judge, “for by his words, you shall know him.”
What questions would you ask Jesus?
If you are a reader, you can order “Conversations with Jesus Over a Cup of Coffee” from Amazon.
If you are a bookstore interested in carrying my books, please contact me directly. “Conversations with Jesus Over a Cup of Coffee” retails for $20. The first three copies are free; additional copies will be shipped to you for $10 each (minimum order 10, payment in advance, free shipping in Canada).
James Gregory
james_gregory@primus.ca
