Spiral Voices
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DeShay took a beer outside and stood in the backyard, thinking about Nikki and his mother and father and sister and everyone and everything else that’d been lost. He recalled his father’s letter. What did he have to show for his random pursuits and ill-advised decisions? Memories. . . of a home that seemed from another lifetime. . . of a woman who stole his heart and fueled his desires and dreams like none before only to discard him for another. . . of a life defined by pieces that, when assembled, lacked purpose and continuity. Through it all, had anything ever really mattered to him? He looked up at the heavens and wondered, for the first time, about the span of his human existence and the possibility – no, probability – of more days behind him than ahead. It brought on a sadness and disappointment he feared was only now catching up to those who’d been watching him all those years.
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Spiral Voices tells the story of DeShay Robinson, a man caught between the broken promises and misplaced dreams of his past and a future that, after 43 years, seems even more out of focus than when his random journey through life began. It opens with him leaving Los Angeles for Louisiana to bury his estranged father. In tow is the torment of his latest in a long list of ill-fated relationships. Heartbroken and alone, with nothing to build upon or pursue as he ponders yet another new direction, he quickly finds himself engulfed by a procession of crime and depravity that have infested the idyllic farmland of his youth. While grisly events challenge his waning resolve and threaten to overwhelm and destroy him, he must decide whether to run again or finally make a stand. As in Oasis Moon, Harlow Blackmon‘s first novel, Spiral Voices explores deceit and truth, failure and faith, and the depth and strength of the human spirit.
About the Author
Harlow Blackmon is a native of northeast Louisiana. During his diverse life, he has traveled throughout the United States, working in everything from three-piece suits to muddy work boots while soul-searching for his niche and contemplating the nature of love and fate.