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“The Desert King” by T. F. Torrey

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Genre: Mystery-Suspense

ISBN: 1-59998-368-0
Length: Novel
Price: $5.50
Publication Date: June 12, 2007
Cover art by Scott Carpenter

All Jack wanted was a little adventure. What he got was a battle with the ghosts of his past. And a battle for survival.

It’s 1985. After his release from an Arizona mental hospital, Jack Trexlor’s plans are simple: Lay low, tend bar, and stay out of trouble. But when his old friend Macy Barnes turns up, trouble follows close behind.

Macy brings along the enigmatic John Lupo, a Navajo Indian with an incredible past—if their stories of high-adrenaline adventure are to be believed. Hungry for a little adventure of his own, Jack accepts their invitation to spend the weekend fishing on the Verde River. Maybe, just maybe, by cool waters deep in the heart of the desert, he’ll find what he’s been missing.

The journey gets off to a rocky start when John’s girlfriend and Macy’s wife join the group, along with snakes, scorpions—and the ghosts of Jack’s past. Worse, they run afoul of a pack of poachers. Their quiet fishing trip suddenly turns into a fight for survival, and the group must depend on John Lupo to get them out alive.

But Jack comes to realize that, even if they all survive, nothing will ever be the same.

Warning, this title contains the following: graphic language, explicit violence, sexual references, snake scales, scorpion tails, lots of sun and sand and some angry guys with guns. Bring sunblock!

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