Born in "bayou and 'gator country," J. Malcolm Martin is a journalist with inside knowledge of extremist movements since 1986, and is author of three nonfiction books. When not poking through other people's trash or writing books, Martin might be glimpsed hanging from the rocks on Colorado's mountains.

Martin's first novel, HERRENRASSE, mirrors American society, reflects actual events. This dramatic, prophetic novel hurtles to a gut-wrenching conclusion that forever haunts the mind and heart. The end, in reality, is only the beginning... the beginning of hope.

* July 21, 1990: Skinheads beat a fellow skinhead to death in the mountains above Boulder, Colorado.

* October 7, 1990: Five Japanese students attending a Denver college are beaten with baseball bats and robbed by skinheads.

* April 20, 1991: A neo-Nazi rally at the state capitol triggers a vicious clash between 60 white supremacists and 600 counter-demonstrators.

* January 20, 1992: Denver honors Martin Luther King, Jr. with a parade of 15,000 marchers, while the Ku Klux Klan protests at the capitol. Despite police barricades, heckling and name-calling explode into two hours of violence.

* July 1993: Neo-Nazis are arrested for pipe-bomb attacks in Tacoma and the FBI discovers the group planned to bomb or gas black and Jewish worshippers in their churches and synagogues throughout the West Coast states.

These events are similar to those in HERRENRASSE, yet several occurred after the book was written.

"The line between fiction and fact is all too real in Martin's thriller, HERRENRASSE. It is a must read for anyone concerned with the rise of hate crimes and the restlessness of our multicultural society."
—MORRIS DEES, Cofounder, The Southern Poverty Law Center

"Both major and minor characters are painted with a feeling of sinew and soul. Long after reading the book, one wants to know how these people are, what they're doing now. McNaughton, both cynical and tender, and Chim, the courageous Vietnamese woman who won't let him give up, are memorable individuals. But the little boy Tuan Tu, who is hope in the face of hate, perhaps leaves the longest lasting impression."
—EDWARD STRAIGHT, reviewer.

Being shot at, chased through forests, or nearly buried by tons of garbage in a dump is the "manure that fertilizes my writing," says J. Malcolm Martin. "Negative experiences remind you how important life is — especially when you think it's about to end. But I'd rather be planting peas than dodging bullets. You could say I'm a little like the HERRENRASSE protagonist, T.K. McNaughton, that way."

The McNaughton character is much like Martin, holding to the same belief that "survival is a global thing, requiring all peoples to work together, from the neighborhood on up to the entire planet."

"Those who can't grasp the idea of sharing resources, knowledge, and space, are those who will eventually self-destruct through the age-old process of natural selection. Hatred is self-destructive, a dead end," Martin says. "That's why HERRENRASSE ends with hope. If we stop hating, we can begin again."