The Shallow End of the Pool

Product Description


2008 Bram Stoker Award Nominee for Long Fiction
Includes an introduction by the author
Resolution. Reason. Respect.
Among U.S. couples marrying today, roughly 40% will divorce. About half of those will have children at the time of the split. Ensuing ugliness will engulf the lives of both divorcees and offspring. They can in most cases expect years of legal battles, deceit, rage, depression, baiting, vitriol, manipulation, and hurt. Perhaps there is another way, a better way. A way that allows for resolution, reason, and respect. An agreement, of sorts, but one that confronts rather than masks the myriad troubles at hand. Lays them all out on the table. Settles the issues once and for all in an honorable arena. Something direct. Fair. Final. Adam-Troy Castro, Hugo/Nebula/Stoker-nominated author of the SF novel Emissaries from the Dead, brings you a brutally horrific tale of the ultimate settlement in the battle of broken-hearted wills. Petty power plays have been cast aside. The facade of decency is shelved. For one blistering week in an abandoned desert motel, there will be no excuses, pleading, or games. Only resolution, reason, respect.
And blood.


Review


"A blistering, bizarre, fury-packed bit of familial ultra-violence. Sure to twist your head to the snapping point!"-- "Tom Piccirilli, author of The Coldest Mile"


"A relentless, powerful little book."-- "Jack Ketchum, author of The Girl Next Door"


About the Author


Adam-Troy Castro is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer living in Palm Beach County, Florida. He has over 140 stories to his credit and has been nominated for numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Stoker.