Plagued by secrets and lies, pride and alcohol, a Kentucky farmer is caught between a greedy tobacco company and a divided community. His struggles soon spin out of control.
In the spring of 1906 in Kentucky, Wes Wilson stands in his freshly plowed field gazing at furrows that will soon be filled with young dark-leaf tobacco plants.This crop is his life's blood, the product that allows him to feed and clothe his family. But the community of Lynnville is plagued by secrets and lies that smother Wes as he struggles to decide between selling his crop to the greedy tobacco company or siding with the farmers association. Blinded to the dangers he faces, his paranoia grows more intense the longer he takes to decide what to do with his crop. The conflict erupts with a result that is as surprising as it is tragic.
Shanghai Escapist grabs the faint-of-heart right from the get-go and serves up an ultimatum: What would you do if caught in the same circumstances? From the opening scene, the reader is tossed into the maze of daily intrigue as it existed in 1960s-70
Marooned is the 1860's saga of Justin Radcliff, a young American, who is beaten and thrown overboard by his evil twin brother, Edward.
Kolya, a handsome Black man and new leader of the transplanted Zulu tribe there, finds Justin caught in hi