In a moment, with a single anger-infused push, John Sharpe’s life changes. Now, as he lives on the run for murdering his father, John must find the courage to face his uncertain future while sorting out his angry past.
It was hard being Chip’s only son. As a casualty of divorce, John chose to live with his father. Yet, he felt he never measured up and was never hailed as the ideal son. He had made a life of doing nothing, or close to nothing. Yet, on this day, John reaches his limit and takes action. Now with blood on his hands, young John is still haunted by the critical, condemning voice of his dead father.
But, here’s the thing: Chip is alive. While his teenaged son runs from the supposed consequences of his actions, Chip is trying to come to terms with the fact his own son would leave him to die alone. What ensues is a twisted story line fueled by hidden secrets, long-buried lies, manipulation, fear, survival and a legacy of pain that prevails through two generations of dysfunction.
The reader will appreciate being privy to the unfolding secrets as John is held as a mental hostage. Even in death, John can’t shake the negative attacks searing his brain. But with Chip being very much alive, is it Chip’s voice or John’s own subconscious calling attention to his own insecurities and personal shortcomings? Let’s be clear. The turn of events are demented, and the manipulation takes no prisoners.
Author Brannon Perkison brilliantly proposes some tantalizing possibilities surrounding characters that are entrenched in a relationship that is so fractured, so toxic, so beyond repair—what would happen if that relationship was literally pushed over the edge and shattered? Are the bonds of a father and son relationship strong enough to compel one to pick up the pieces and create a new design, or just walk away? The choices made by these characters may surprise you.
~ IndieReader