Gansky D. Aaron Bargain

Annotation

The lives of everyone in Haileyincluding his wifesare in his hands.Ten articles in eight days is a tall order for any journalist, even for Polk Award winner Connor Reedly. But with a dying wife and an empty bank account, the promised payment of $250,000 is hard to turn down. More so, his enigmatic employer, Mason Becker, has insinuated Connors acceptance of the job will result in a supernatural healing of his beloved wife. The people of Hailey, Californiathe subjects of Connors charged articlesare a secretive group, not willing to open up to strangers. When shots are fired and Connor is running for his life, he demands Mason answer his questions: Why are the articles so important? Is anyone going to publish them? Where is the money coming from? How can he be so confident that the completion of the articles will heal his wife? Nothing in Connor s vast journalistic adventuresnot Katrina, not September 11th, not even his first-hand experience in the genocide in Darfurcould prepare him for the answers Mason gives. Now, it seems, the lives of everyone in Haileyincluding his wifesare in his hands. Selah FinalistWritten for the General Market (G) (I): Contains little or no; sexual dialogue or situations, violence, or strong language. May also contain some content of an inspirational nature.