Lock 7

by Dean Serravalle

Leo Meurso, a trained mercenary and assassin gone AWOL, has crossed some bad people and is now his employer’s next hit. With a death sentence hanging over him, Leo decides to return home after twenty years of absence. His plan is to attend his best friend’s wake and crash his high school sweetheart’s wedding, both scheduled on the same day. Wedged between, then pressed through such polarizing events, and motivated by the reality that at any juncture of the day he will soon be killed, Leo revisits family, the girl next door, the town fool still pining for his friendship and a host of others in a small canal town bursting with revelations of past secrets, sexual deviances, nostalgic memories, and the protagonist’s ultimate goal.

Lock 7 is an edgy, poetic, modern day literary parable about a man’s confrontation with death on the eve of his life’s ironic resurrection. Will Leo accept the just consequences of past actions, or will his epiphany release him from judgment?

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222 pages, Paperback

Published November 25, 2018

About the author

Acclaimed author of Reliving Charley, Dean Serravalle has been twice nominated for the prestigious Journey Prize of Canada and The National Magazine Award, while his short stories have appeared in various journals and magazines. He resides in Niagara Falls, Ontario with his family.

Dean's new novels, Chameleon (Days) and Lock 7 are now available in bookstores and online.

Reviews

[Drillon Kincaid · Rating 2 out of 5]

The author is helpful. On page 14 he writes his own review. This is a book to "cast...away... it [has] no soul, no sincerity in the voice, no experience behind the language." The main character is a vague presence and like the others is cliche from central casting. The dialogue is cringe-inducing. Example: "With you I could have found the peace within me." Unnatural speech better suited to bad romance novels pervades the text. The plot is a cliche... There is nothing original here, nothing compelling. It has one saving grace: BREVITY.