Dear folks at Cathinfo.com,

I've managed to publish a book today, titled The Road to Moloch.  

Inspired by true events, this book was written before I converted to the Church.  However, the style is directed toward a cross breeding between Catcher in the Rye, and a Flannery O'Connor story.

For now, it is available to Kindle users, but in the near future, I may also offer physical copies.

The amazon.com link is here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005ELOXEO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwchanco-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B005ELOXEO

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The Road to Moloch

New York: the great New City. At one time, it was the gateway for most immigrants into the Empire of America. In that place, dreams came true for the souls brave enough to make the journey. Anyone who could survive the Big Apple had shown what kind of a survivor they were.

What better way for a nineteen-year old to prove his manhood, than by leaving everything behind and venturing across America to this place? It was the perfect plan. Back then, in the 1990s, people still were optimistic, though tastefully jaded, and terrorism had yet to strike the Empire City.  Such is Samson’s plan. Unafraid, Samson decides to abandon his hometown in Middle America for Manhattan, the biggest thing he knows. Never looking back, Samson will have escaped the phoniness and materialism of shallow people, and finally he will be among enlightened citizens of a metropolis. With a bank account full of hard-earned money, he will pay for tuition at a great university and set a path for a bright future.

First, Samson will linger in his hometown’s coffee shop, located deep in the dark bricked sanctuary of the old downtown district. He will talk with an eclectic array of people--perhaps they feel as alienated as himself. After a few hours of patient waiting, it is off to the bus station, from where he will be launched into the bigger world outside his small town. A journey such as this will last more than a day before the bus reaches the other side of the Lincoln Tunnel. Samson and some fellow teens find each other on the route north, as well as a capricious girl named Jenny, who follows him all the way to the City. Once in Manhattan, Samson encounters even more people ranging from family men, to students, janitors, international travelers, ballet dancers, prostitutes, and thieves.

Such a diverse range of people could offer so much for Samson. But what will they want of him?

New York is more than just a city of opportunity; she can also be ominous. A poet once howled that her buildings are judgment, and that her smoke-stacks stand as gods. She is Moloch the Loveless, and "her poverty is the specter of genius." The fire in Moloch’s belly awaits the innocent and ignorant alike, and she stands ready to consume Samson alive, if his strength cannot hold out.







Cover art by E.S. Hammer

Can you make the amazon link such that it goes through the cathinfo amazon link, so cathinfo makes a few bucks as well as you? :)

I'll try.

Actually, I need to ask Matthew if it is possible to create such a link.  Currently, I don't know how.

Nice job getting your book finished!  My husband is getting a Kindle for his birthday, so maybe we'll get to read it some time :)