Backlash

by Mark McCarrell

James Simmons thought he could get away with his selfish crimes of petty thievery and mockery of the helpless for as long as he wished, until he ran into the retired magician and escape artist Houdini. Caught in the act, he was cast into the retched and horrible past life of his victims to suffer their afflictions of trials and turmoil. Only caring for himself, he now witnessed the sufferings that only the human race could bestow upon itself.
Undecided whether he's living a never ending nightmare of war atrocities or in love with the beautiful Darya, a Russian mistress intent on helping him fight the OMON. He lives on the brink of racial hatred in Arkansas to a feared convict in Sing Sing prison, constantly being tested.
Backlash is a novel that delves into the mysteries of the mind when having to face the past of another. It takes you through a maze of human compassions to questionable antics that reflect what human beings endure and sometimes reflect upon with regret. Never underestimate what the person next to you had to endure in life to accomplish their presence. From love to racial hatred, wars to prison, yours is not to judge, it is to appreciate and question.

198 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 29, 2013

About the author

A veteran contractor of Iraq and Afghanistan. I've always been a writer since grade school, just never acted upon it as I was a musician on the road for 20 years. Since self publishing hit the scene I became highly interested, since getting published is an impossibility. I now write constantly and am quite intrigued by the popularity of Erotica writing now, besides my regular adventure novels. Under a pen name? You bet. Maybe someday I'll come out of the closet when the other famous authors reveal their names.