The Price of Vengeance

The first time Augie saw Paul Allen, he was sliding out of the back seat of a big green Buick. The car was like nothing Augie had ever seen in Endicott. Paul was a snobby rich kid, with a smirk that went for miles. But what set this young man apart was a profound and purposeful dedication to trouble – the kind of trouble that a small town was ill-prepared to handle. The arrival of Paul Allen in Endicott turns Augie’s life upside down and introduces him to a mysterious specter that serves its master in exacting revenge. Who is the man in the trench coat and fedora? Does he wield a mysterious power from another world, or is he merely an expression of human intent?
With only his wits to guide him, and his best friends as allies, Augie must confront and control a force he does not understand and, in so doing, decide the kind of man he will become. The Price of Vengeance is a coming-of-age story that asks the reader how and why we choose love over hate, vengeance over forgiveness, and truth over lies.