Compelled

Injured in Iraq, Army doctors suspect Drew Baxter, a giving person, has Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. After his discharge and a depressing experience in Las Vegas, he lives alone in Lavallette, a beach community on the Jersey shore. His compulsion becomes a magnet for confrontations. He takes on a heavy-handed boss, an ambitious mayor and a scheming attorney. Drew endures heartbreaks and guilt. These personal tragedies exacerbate his recurring nightmare and inner conflict. Following group psychotherapy, he's diagnosed with a potentially debilitating compulsive disorder. Angie Carswell, his future wife, becomes his lifeline to reality as he struggles to gain peace of mind, while employed as a paralegal. 

Ken grew up in the Bronx, New York. After graduating from Cardinal Hayes High School and Manhattan College, he served in the Army from 1954 to 1956, mostly in Germany. He retired as CEO of a New York Insurance Company in 1997. He and his wife, Betty, relocated from Morristown, New Jersey to Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida that year. They have four children and nine grandchildren, residing in Dothan, Alabama and the New Jersey towns of Fanwood, Clinton Township and Chatham. While active in several local organizations, he turned to writing fiction. COMPELLED tells of an army veteran, injured in Iraq, with a compulsive disorder who lives alone in Lavallette on the Jersey shore. Earlier projects were: THE ATKINSEN TICKET, a political drama; IN HONOR OF JUSTICE and JUSTICE ON A MISSION, both international intrigue with religious overtones.