An American novel based on the Catholic priest sex abuse scandal
Excerpt
Viewed from altitude, the meandering Atchafalaya waterways of Louisiana present themselves as a tangle of glassy fragments, unrevealing of the life-and-death dynamics hidden beneath their surface. Billy Ray Hawkins had not yet reached his fourteenth birthday and had never been at altitude, but he was well acquainted with the terrors lurking beneath the surfaces of many things. The Louisiana bayous, with their generally silent and lethal residents, represent only one category, but they would be sufficient and would satisfy his needs.
Taking several weeks to review the options available to him, and after assessing his own capabilities and a degree of flexible morality he was beginning to consider a valuable asset, Billy had come to a decision. The decision evolved swiftly into a plan, and then, at a slower and more deliberate pace, the details of the plan took shape. He refined and caressed each detail until it became part of his being. Now, after establishing all the many elements required, the day of execution had arrived.
I have taken pride in writing this novel as so many people have the wrong impression on bikers because they dress in leather clothing which is to protect themselves in case of an accident. The majority of bikers are known Policemen, Firemen, Doctors,
A true page-turner, Jeff Ovall’s futurist work of fiction peers into the history of a world not yet realized, yet ominously closer than most could imagine. A time in which the past has been reborn and humankind, in all its glory and misery, has final
