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A story of betrayal, greed, corporate corruption, witchcraft, paranormal activity, and much more.
Kyle Stone, is based on Jerry Payne’s life. It was derived from his life experiences, starting when he lost his father to suicide at a tender age. He lived with several families before he found his home in the Army. After a year of intense training in combat engineering, he earned his commission as an Infantry Officer at just eighteen years old. He served during the Vietnam war and received injuries that would later become crippling. After serving in the Army, Jerry Payne started a business alongside his family. his future looked great. What followed were some of the strangest events leading up to betrayal, greed, corporate corruption, witchcraft, paranormal activity, and much more. Those years were the craziest in his life. Thus, Thief of Dreams had to be written.
Jerry Payne spent many years in the Entertainment business as a rock star manager, Concert, and Movie Producer, and was honored to be the Producer of USO Entertainment, Bob Hope, serving our military, delivering the best entertainment to those deployed throughout the world.
By producing a USO Show, he not only selected and negotiated with artists and management, formatted the show from music to comedy to dance and organized the logistics of travel.
He saw sick, terminally ill children throughout his travels and decided to do something to help them. He chose the magic of moviemaking to reach out to them. The children became the stars of their movies. The results were amazing for these children, and it gave them the will to live again.
For over twenty-five years, Jerry Payne founded ‘The United States Entertainment Force,’ a nonprofit charity serving the USA military and their families. In addition, they set up the ‘Hopes and Dreams Project,’ which was also for sick children and gave them life through the magic of moviemaking.
Looking back at his life, it seemed necessary to take the time to finish writing his story, A Uncommon Truth, from his home in California with his wife, Lynn, and dog Duke. It weaved through a time in his life when he was surrounded by those consumed by greed, corruption, and deceit as they graveled for what they could steal from what was not theirs.
In simpler times to the present, they look back and shake their heads, and be thankful they are still alive and still have time to enjoy their happiness.
Today, they keep looking for hope and love for everyone.
A story of betrayal, greed, corporate corruption, and the unseen forces that haunt us.
Thief of Dreams follows the harrowing journey of Kyle Stone—a Vietnam veteran, self-made businessman, and a man haunted by both his past and the people closest to him. After surviving war and personal trauma, Kyle rebuilds his life only to face a new battlefield filled with ruthless betrayal, corporate deceit, and even witchcraft. As his world begins to unravel, he must confront not only external enemies but the darkness threatening to consume him from within. Spanning decades and anchored in the haunting backdrop of 1980s San Francisco, this novel explores resilience, redemption, and the extraordinary power of the human spirit to rise again.
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