JACOB GREEN
MEET THE AUTHOR
Jacob Green is a Reno-based author, musician, and lifelong motorcycle enthusiast whose writing blends literary atmosphere with the grit of the American West. His work is shaped by the worlds he knows firsthand—railroads, motorcycles, casinos, recovery, and the changing character of Northern Nevada—giving his fiction a distinctly cinematic style grounded in place, character, and lived experience.
His debut novel, The Railrunner, earned Green recognition as a Reno News & Review Best Author nominee, introducing readers to his unmistakable combination of noir, Americana, and modern Western storytelling. Whether behind a keyboard, a piano, or the handlebars of a motorcycle, Green approaches his work with the same philosophy: tell a memorable story, give it a little soul, and make Nevada more than a backdrop—it should feel like a character of its own. For Press, information or availability, contact Sue Blackwell.
THE RAILRUNNER
When Jacob, a struggling motorcycle mechanic from Reno, marries into a quiet, working-class family, he believes he’s finally left the chaos behind. But everything changes when he discovers the truth about his wife’s grandfather, Harry— a man long believed to be a railroad contractor, but who is in fact a legendary hitman in a secretive organization that uses the railroad as both cover and code.
Drawn into a world of buried names and hollow railroad ties, Jacob is forced to make a choice: Stay in the life of a struggling mechanic, familiar and comfortable, or take up Harry’s mantle in a deadly lineage that spans generations. With every milepost and job, Jacob learns the true meaning of loyalty, silence, and control — and just how far his predecessors went to preserve the order they were sworn to protect.
But as Jacob rises in the ranks of the hidden network known only to its members as The Genesee Corporation, old sins and new suspicions begin to surface. There are whispers of betrayal. Shifts in power. And not every name driven into the tie belongs to a stranger.
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BEFORE THE CHIPS FELL
When a terminally ill biker named Mac Sullivan sits down with a young author in a Reno diner, he offers him something extraordinary: the untold story of the most audacious casino robbery Nevada never knew.
Decades earlier, behind the closed doors of an invitation-only recovery meeting, twelve unlikely companions formed a brotherhood known as The Green Felt. Among them were railroad men, gamblers, respected professionals, and former outlaws—individuals whose troubled pasts had given way to extraordinary second chances.
Each possessed a particular talent. Each carried secrets. And together, they conceived a plan so ambitious that even the most seasoned criminals would have considered it impossible.
On the eve of the devastating 1997 Reno flood, as the Truckee River threatened to swallow the city, The Green Felt prepared to steal $24 million from five downtown casinos.
Their greatest accomplice wouldn't be a corrupt official, a crooked dealer, or a professional thief. It would be the river itself.
But beneath the meticulously orchestrated operation lay something far more complicated than greed. Loyalties would be tested, sacrifices demanded, and secrets buried beneath the weight of a city fighting to survive.
Set against one of the most remarkable natural disasters in Nevada history, Before the Chips Fell is a gripping historical crime thriller about loyalty, brotherhood, redemption, and the extraordinary lengths ordinary people will go to protect the ones they love.
Because sometimes the greatest gamble isn't what you're willing to steal. It's what you're willing to lose.
