The Handler

by David Cady

This story, which is set along the Tennessee River, reflects the eccentric problems of love, faith, and duty as experienced by a young mother trapped in a snake-handling cult, and the man, Matt Fagan, who is hired to find and rescue her from the clutches of a fanatical holy-man claiming to be a living god. In his effort to snatch the young mother, and her baby son from the cult and return them to the arms of a worried family, Matt, a wounded Viet Nam veteran uncovers a dark and frightening secret from his past. Even though this story is fictional, it is based on actual events of spiritual cults that use brutality and sexual molestation in the name of God. This is not a story for the timid or fainthearted.

Mass Market Paperback

Published January 1, 2008