Where Moth and Rust Consume: A Novel

by Hal Burton, Jeanette Burton (Editor), Hood Canal Writers (Editor)

Where Moth and Rust Consume is a sequel to Against All Odds , first published in the Spring of 2022. In fact, the opening scene in Chapter Two of this book picks up the story line the very next day where Chapter Forty in Against All Odds ended. For those never having read Against All Odds , not to worry. This is a complete story. A new plot, many new characters, a new love interest, new historical incites of a Nation and the Hood Canal area during the Great Depression. The protagonists are the same, still flawed yet better equipped to unite and fight against the evil that still lurks in the wilderness of Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula.
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Hood Canal – 1934
Hidden treasure – Secret map codes
Evil prevail? Goodness eroded?
Survival against the odds? Love lost?
This story continues the saga of the Eggleston and Kimble families as they cope with life on Hood Canal during the Great Depression, attempt to solve the mystery of hidden treasure while trying to survive against a relentless villain. Could secret writing on a once hidden map chart their course? Put them in further danger? Will the evil menace Milton triumph? Would a blameless woman be sacrificed before victory is achieved? At what cost?

210 pages, Paperback

Published September 8, 2023