Deception Creek

by Terry Persun

Secrets from the past overtake a man who never knew his father. Will old wrongs destroy him or will he rebuild his life?

Billy Maynard, raised by his mother and grandparents, comes home from college for the summer and meets Jack, an ex-con. When Billy’s mother forbids him to speak with Jack, Billy wants to know why. The answers he unravels lead from deception to deception leading back to a terrible incident at the creek bend one spring night long ago. The truth about what happened, once uncovered, still has toxic effect on everything that Billy cares about. He will lose everything unless he can find the strength to transform a malignant past into a future of reconciliation and hope.

Author Terry Persun shows his mastery of character and natural setting in this coming of age story about a young man's struggle to transcend a past tainted by lies, violence, and despair.

140 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 13, 2007

About the author

Terry Persun is a former airborne navigation equipment specialist and electronics engineer presently freelancing for science and technology magazines. He has won nine awards for his fiction and was a finalist in another seven awards—IPPY, Book Excellence, Foreword Reviews, USABookNews, and others. Terry is a multi-genre author of intelligent, tech-forward fiction with clearly drawn characters and thought-provoking themes. You can find him at www.TerryPersun.com

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LIST OF MY BOOKS
Science Fiction: Biomass series:
BIOMASS: Rewind
BIOMASS: Sky People (coming soon)
BIOMASS: Alive (coming soon)
Science Fiction: Neal and Mavra series:
Revision 7: DNA
Backyard Aliens
Science Fiction: Tempest Eugene Nesbit series:
The Killing Machine
The Humanzee Experiments
Science Fiction Stand-Alones
Hear No Evil
Cathedral of Dreams

Fantasy: Doublesight series
Doublesight
Memory Tower
Fugitives
Gargoyle
Fantasy: Shaman Detective series
The NSA Files
The Voodoo Case
Stealing Childhood

Mystery/Suspense: Stand-Alones:
Coming Clean
Mistake In Identity
Man Behind the Door

Historical Novel: Stand-Alones:
Sweet Song
Ten Months in Wonderland

Magical Realism: Stand-Alones:
The Witness Tree
Wolf's Rite
Giver of Gifts
To Our Waking Souls

General Fiction: Stand-Alones:
The Perceived Darkness
Deception Creek

Poetry:
Horse Logic
Balancing Act
Navigating Wind
Broken Fingers
Beautys Run Road
Sentences
And Now This
Every Leaf
Barn Tarot

Reviews

[Dan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Billy Maynard comes home from college during break and learns that his life is a lie and that his family is full of secrets. He never knew his father and wonders why? What is the deal with his grandparents and why do they despise his mother? It’s a lot to take in all at once for this young man who didn’t want to come home in the first place.

The premise is good, but the characters aren’t developed enough to really care about them. And then the book ends abruptly (I thought so anyway). It didn’t take me on the journey I felt it should.

[Bonnie M. Benson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this book.

It falls into a genre/category I've just discovered: guy lit! A story with male characters who are - dare I say it - introspective, thinking, trying to work things out. No car chases, gratuitous violence, etc. just human beings trying to figure out how to negotiate their way through life. I always knew they were out there, thanks for writing about them, Terry.