Pig Sty: Part 1 of Regency

by Austin Allen, Robert Ludwig (Illustrator)

Ten years ago, Francis MacKay accused his father, Miles MacKay, of rape. Damien MacKay's life has been anything but clean and simple since that trial. After five years in college, he's finally ready to graduate -- but the troubles of his past are on their way back. His father, whom he believed to be lost and perhaps dead, reappears through an enigmatic message at his grandmother's funeral. His soul mate, who left his life after a traumatic accident, announces his imminent return. The life of his best friend, Kat Johnson, is suddenly thrust into the foreground of his own, while his boyfriend, Aaron Williams, struggles with his frustrating disabilities and their nurse, Rita Pellegrino, is sentenced to prison for dealing drugs. In the midst of all this, his brother, mother and stepfather seem to be conspiring on a sinister new legal project, one which will exhume all the skeletons which Damien has managed to keep buried until now. Although Damien intends to be a teacher when he graduates, he fears succumbing to the temptation to commit past sins all over again. What exactly happened ten years ago between Francis and Miles? Is his family wrong to call Damien the devil’s spawn, or is Damien more like his father than he’d like to believe?

441 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 26, 2019