Brave of the Dark

David Fuller believes he owes his life to a wounded man who got away with murder. The murder of David’s dangerous mother. Now a writer gaining national attention, David looks back on the critical events that moved his path from dark to light and in doing so, he creates not just a new version of history, but a story so much closer to the truth.

David’s troubled and callous mother, Renae, dragged him and his brother Matthew back to Avry, Colorado, when they were young boys. She had designs on the family home that her parents were leaving behind. A free place was just the kind of thing Renae kept her radar scanning for. She was angered – though she couldn’t have been surprised – when she learned that her steady younger sister, Lauren, would be taking over the house instead. Renae and her sons subsequently ended up in the worn ranch house of a notorious local man.

University cosmologist Harding Campbell stumbled into Avry not long after Renae. He was seeking solace following the death of his beloved wife, Annalee. Harding hoped the small mountain town and its hot springs might help him find it. His wandering led him to a chance entanglement with Renae … and from there to her sons and her beautiful sister.

David and Matthew unexpectedly remind wounded Harding of the possibility of life, of possibility incarnate, even as he continues to ache for his cherished Annalee. His growing affection for Lauren only intensifies the experience. He’s been blindsided by tragedy twice now, first in his own childhood and then again by the loss of Annalee. In Avry, he has to decide what he’s willing to do when he actually sees lethal danger coming. Whether he’s willing to stand in the breach … no matter what.

Sometimes it takes destruction for life to correct itself.

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Brave of the Dark

David Fuller believes he owes his life to a wounded man who got away with murder. The murder of David’s dangerous mother. Now a writer gaining national attention, David looks back on the critical events that moved his path from dark to light and in doing so, he creates not just a new version of history, but a story so much closer to the truth.

David’s troubled and callous mother, Renae, dragged him and his brother Matthew back to Avry, Colorado, when they were young boys. She had designs on the family home that her parents were leaving behind. A free place was just the kind of thing Renae kept her radar scanning for. She was angered – though she couldn’t have been surprised – when she learned that her steady younger sister, Lauren, would be taking over the house instead. Renae and her sons subsequently ended up in the worn ranch house of a notorious local man.

University cosmologist Harding Campbell stumbled into Avry not long after Renae. He was seeking solace following the death of his beloved wife, Annalee. Harding hoped the small mountain town and its hot springs might help him find it. His wandering led him to a chance entanglement with Renae … and from there to her sons and her beautiful sister.

David and Matthew unexpectedly remind wounded Harding of the possibility of life, of possibility incarnate, even as he continues to ache for his cherished Annalee. His growing affection for Lauren only intensifies the experience. He’s been blindsided by tragedy twice now, first in his own childhood and then again by the loss of Annalee. In Avry, he has to decide what he’s willing to do when he actually sees lethal danger coming. Whether he’s willing to stand in the breach … no matter what.

Sometimes it takes destruction for life to correct itself.

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Brave of the Dark

Brave of the Dark

by Mark David Louden
Brave of the Dark

Brave of the Dark

by Mark David Louden

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Overview

David Fuller believes he owes his life to a wounded man who got away with murder. The murder of David’s dangerous mother. Now a writer gaining national attention, David looks back on the critical events that moved his path from dark to light and in doing so, he creates not just a new version of history, but a story so much closer to the truth.

David’s troubled and callous mother, Renae, dragged him and his brother Matthew back to Avry, Colorado, when they were young boys. She had designs on the family home that her parents were leaving behind. A free place was just the kind of thing Renae kept her radar scanning for. She was angered – though she couldn’t have been surprised – when she learned that her steady younger sister, Lauren, would be taking over the house instead. Renae and her sons subsequently ended up in the worn ranch house of a notorious local man.

University cosmologist Harding Campbell stumbled into Avry not long after Renae. He was seeking solace following the death of his beloved wife, Annalee. Harding hoped the small mountain town and its hot springs might help him find it. His wandering led him to a chance entanglement with Renae … and from there to her sons and her beautiful sister.

David and Matthew unexpectedly remind wounded Harding of the possibility of life, of possibility incarnate, even as he continues to ache for his cherished Annalee. His growing affection for Lauren only intensifies the experience. He’s been blindsided by tragedy twice now, first in his own childhood and then again by the loss of Annalee. In Avry, he has to decide what he’s willing to do when he actually sees lethal danger coming. Whether he’s willing to stand in the breach … no matter what.

Sometimes it takes destruction for life to correct itself.


Product Details

BN ID: 2940151972598
Publisher: Mark David Louden
Publication date: 06/15/2015
Sold by: Smashwords
Format: eBook
File size: 1 MB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

I'm a former newspaper reporter and editor who detoured into corporate communications for a time. Now, I live and work on a ranch in Colorado where I also pursue my true calling - writing fiction and poetry. At least I think it's my calling. As Conor Oberst says in his new song, Time Forgot, "I'll never know if I'm delusional. I just believe that I am not ..." Brave of the Dark comes from things I know, particularly the love of children that I understand intimately as the father of two sons. I think I also know something about romantic love, or at least the idea of it ... Perhaps the draw of that idea is that it always seems just out of reach in real life. I'm a Colorado native and I love the western outdoors ... on foot, on bike tires, on skis, on horseback or on water. Like my hero in Brave of the Dark, I am awed, enthralled and terrified by the cosmos and our place in it. I think ... no, I know Brave of the Dark is an attempt to make some sense of it. Thanks for checking out my profile. If you haven't already, I'd encourage you to download a sample of Brave of the Dark and see if it hooks you. I think it's a solid work of fiction and I hope you do as well. My email address is in the back of the book in the Author's Note so if you do end up reading the whole thing, please shoot me a message and let me know what you thought. With fondest wishes for your hopes and happiness, Mark

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