'BLOWS AWAY ITS LIMITING GENRE BOUNDARIES...A STORY OF REAL PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY AND EMOTIONAL REALISM.' - ELIZABETH GILBERT, NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR
When John Sanders, Jr., learns that his father has been murdered, his only regret is that he didn't pull the trigger himself. Yet despite his rage at his father for a lifetime of abuse, he becomes obsessed with finding the killer.
But as a string of dead ends and violent encounters leave Junior no closer to any answers, his relationship with his beloved sister crumbles, while his affair with an old high school sweetheart wreaks havoc on his fracturing psyche. Only when a chance for revenge finally arrives must Junior decide whether he will continue the chain of violence or accept the challenge of a new beginning...
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