The Circle

The Crossers #2

by Terry Ray

There are many roads leading to hell and the members of the inner-circle follow their unique paths to misery, oblivion, and hopelessness - before they begin their long and hard journey back to the light. With the exception of one, they are all just ordinary people, like you and me, who face the same torments in life, as do all human beings. The reader will have experienced many of the same life tragedies, as do these ordinary souls of the inner circle, and will feel their anguish as their paths draw them toward the darkness . . . and will think, “There, but for the grace of God, go I.” Only one story ends in happiness and self-satisfaction. John basks in the glow of the world he has built. His insatiable, unfeeling greed, sets in motion an unstoppable juggernaut, paving his way to power, fame, and wealth by crushing countless, innocent souls beneath its path. Readers will know this man. He has, at one time or another, crossed the path of all our lives. Book Two of the Crosser’s Series will be as a mirror to the readers – in which they will, somewhere, see themselves. You will compelled, from time to time, to put down your book and simply ponder. By this epic journey’s end, you may very well emerge a different, stronger, and happier person than when the journey began. You will never forget the people who walked by your side, nor the lessons you have learned along the twists and turns.

224 pages, Paperback

First published October 27, 2013

About the author

raised in a 4 room house near the steel mill where my dad worked; excelled at sports and fighting; got to college on a swimming scholarship; dropped out of college after 1st year (due to boredom) and went to Europe and somehow survived alone for a year; somehow graduated and was immediately sent to Air Force Pilot Training ; suffered severe injuries and spent six months in a military hospital; expected to die but disappointed the doctors; medical discharge as a disabled veteran; got M.Ed. and taught elementary school while going to evening law school; became a trial lawyer; decided to get into an honest profession and became a law professor; interspersed among these years I managed to be: a father of 6 boys (one deceased) and 3 girls and grandfather to 9 (# is still growing); a radio talk show host; a regular on a morning TV show, a candidate for US Congress; a stage actor and director; a member of a performing tap dancing troupe; an oldies singer; a bit part actor in the motion picture industry; a Field Investigator for the Mutual UFO Network and writer of a book on orange orbs (type of UFO)

At present, I am trying to decide what I want to do when I grow up. It will come to me one of these days.