Dropout

Blue Fate #3

by Cass Tell

A tragic event causes Justin Collins to lose everything -- his family, his job, his identity. He moves to a Spanish village where the warmth of the locals compels him to stay. The tenderness of a certain red-haired woman even encourages him to fall in love again.

Then a phone call from an old friend sets off a series of coincidences that sends Justin away from his new home on a search for truth.

174 pages, Paperback

First published March 20, 2012

About the author

Cass Tell is the pen name of an author of suspense action/thriller novels. The plots of his novels often contain underlying thought-provoking themes of love, culture, religion and worldview.

His adrenalin-driven stories contain bait-and-hook plots filled with intrigue and emotional resonance. The main characters in his books tend to be somewhat broken souls struggling against insurmountable forces. Staged in fascinating international settings, his novels always leave an after-thought and provide a unique reading experience.

Cass Tell does not want to be in public light, guards his privacy and avoids disclosing his true identity. He does most of his writing from a small village on the Costa Brava in Spain. When he is not writing he travels the world. His novels tend to be set in international settings, and he has visited most places that appear in his novels.

Cass Tell’s parents were from Europe but he spent some years attending school in the western part of the United States. After graduating from university he worked for large corporations and then started and sold a company which allowed him some financial independence. Wanting to explore other avenues, he left the business world to reflect on bigger issues and fulfil his passion for writing fiction.

Reviews

[Cass Tell]

We want our lives to be without pain, yet there are times when everyone faces unexpected events that bring difficulties of some kind. That’s what happened to Justin Collins, but his event was more than just a difficulty. It was tragic. In one brief moment he loses his family, his job, and his identity. How does one recover from something like this?

In Justin’s case he flees Paris, heads south toward Barcelona, and ends up in a small village on the Costa Brava. There he goes through a time of healing. He even falls in love again, maybe too quickly, but his greatest desire is to get on with a new life.

This story is an example of how redemption is possible even in the worst of events. It is not to say that the pain will completely go away, for injuries create scars and we carry them to the end of our lives. But it seems we can find some level of deliverance from life’s difficult moments.

With Justin, he wants a conclusion so that he can get on with his new life, but it doesn’t happen. That’s how it is sometimes. When we think we have put an agony behind us, it can raise its ugly head and we have to deal with it in a new way.