Two Runs of Stone is an epic in historical ction set in the late 1800's and is the result of fteen years of concerted effort. Actual journals of some of the women and men who lived and died during the era provide the foundation of the work, not to mention their Danish, English, and American ancestors. As Book III of the series opens Peter Jensen and company are underway, however not everyone in the original party decides to leave the outlaying plains of Atchison. Two young men married local girls and at least a dozen others including eight Mormons who decide that the growing area was exactly what they were hoping to find in America.

Steven Nielsen is devoted student of world history and U.S. history as well. His five-novel series, Two Runs of Stone, represents twelve solid years of research and writing with Victorian Europe, Scandinavia at large, and Denmark specifically as the backdrop. Mr. Nielsen is currently working on a novel he affectionately calls, The Wrath of Grapes, a modern-day U.S. historical satire with its setting in Houston, and Galveston Texas.Steve Nielsen spent thirty-five years with Guardian Life Insurance/Park Avenue Securities Companies as a stockbroker and account executive and to beat Houston's horrendously snagged, rush-hour traffic he began work on his novels every morning between 5:30 and 6:00 and worked until 8:00 a.m. His Galleria offices were quiet in the wee hours of the morning, and that time is still Mr. Nielsen's most creative time of day. - To maintain mental clarity, and keep his body halfway fit, he swims laps, plays Pickle Ball and takes long walks as often as practical. Steven and his wife, Susan, are parents of five children and fifteen grandchildren. Houston, Texas had been their home for the past 55 years where Mr. Nielsen served in two bishoprics, as a youth leader, scout master, an early morning seminary teacher, and ward mission leader. His Danish roots plus pride in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provided the driving force behind the fifteen-year epic saga; Two Runs of Stone, plus his hand at the technically linguistic work titled Hebrew Gold. Steven now lives in a small farming community in northern Utah where the Four Seasons provide their wonderful uniqueness: where mountains rise in mighty majesty over a land which is lush in spring, hot in summer, colorful in fall and breath taking in winter. All in all, the scenery is magnificent: the topsoil deep, and vegetable gardens, field grain, fruit and nut trees, all flourish abundantly, - and the author finally has more time to write.