Frogworks Publishing announces the publication of Master Gardener by Tewksbury, New Jersey, author, Rolf Margenau. This book is subtitled: a novel about gardening, magic seeds, eco-terrorism, politics, big business, love and Wylie Cypher.

1. Best-Selling Amazon.com Author, Rolf Margenau, Releases
New Novel
Frogworks Publishing announces the publication of Master Gardener by
Tewksbury, New Jersey, author, Rolf Margenau. This book is subtitled: a novel
about gardening, magic seeds, eco-terrorism, politics, big business, love and Wylie
Cypher.
In this book, the author revisits the hero of Public Information, his novel about the
Korean War and its aftermath, who is now a seventy-five year old retired lawyer
and Master Gardener. Wylie misses the excitement of earlier legal involvements

2. and eagerly comes to the aid of Ann Proctor, another Master Gardener, who came
upon magic seeds on a visit to the Amazon. Their fantastic properties come to the
attention of Big Ag whose CEO, Dick Geier, understands they represent a serious
threat to the profitable seeds genetically engineered by Big Ag to resist the effects
of plant-killing chemicals.
Big Ag determines to crush the development of the magic seeds, at the same time
sending the Department of Homeland Security after a band of eco-terrorists who
seek to save the monarch butterfly. Millions of acres of the butterflies’ main
sustenance, milkweed, have been destroyed by the application of glyphosate, Big
Ag’s plant-killing chemical. The groupmanages to achieve its objective in spite of
numerous roadblocks.
The author explains, “I had but a hazy awareness of genetic engineering in
agriculture until the second month of instruction in Rutgers’ Master Gardener
program. Then a lecturer explained the basics of genetically engineered plants. I
did some research and recognized the process offered serious challenges to our
environment. In one of those inexplicable and dangerous brain fevers that afflict
writers, it came to me that I could write a story about myWylie Cypher character,
now much older and retired, who becomes a Master Gardener. The story could act
as a sounding board for many of the issues I had been studying. Since it would be
fiction, I could avoid taking a stand and getting myself in trouble.”
Sections of the book are set in the Amazon jungles of Peru. Margenau says, “I
couldn’t imagine a better placeto produce magic seeds. And the splendor and
lushness of the jungle offer a fine contrast to the cold winter in New Anglia that
Wylie and Ann leave to solve the mystery of the seeds.”

3. Samples of early reviews:
*Margenau has a refreshing approach to start each chapter. Chapters begin with a
gardening advice column written by one of the central characters, Bitsy. Not only
is this a welcome change from the current trend to begin chapters with a quote or
poem, but it is also a unique way to incorporate practical gardening tips into the
book."Master Gardener" has a story, a character, or a cause for everyone.
*I enjoyed this book. It is not often I have a good time learning about serious
threats to our environment as well as the best way to take care of my garden.
*This is a great read. It made a rainy weekend a pleasure and I learned an awful
lot.
By sheer coincidence, Margenau is a retired attorney who has become a Master
Gardener.
Book Information:
Master Gardener
Author: Rolf Margenau
Publisher: Frogworks Publishing
ISBN: 978-0988231108
Published: March 2013
Pages: 302
Available in paperback ($23.95) and eBook ($2.95).
Contact: manager@frogworks.com
The book available at www.frogworks.com; www.amazon.com and local
bookstores.
Contact:
Rolf Margenau
Frogworks.com LLC
48 Sutton Road, Lebanon, NJ 08833
908-832-6704
rolf@frogworks.com
http://www.frogworks.com