{"product_id":"broken-ko-burt-9798451535004","title":"Broken: A Sebastian O'Reilly Thriller","description":"\u003cb\u003eBROKEN, \u003cbr\u003eA Sebastian O'Reilly Thriller\u003cbr\u003eby KO Burt\u003cbr\u003e(First Edition, 2019)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBroken is a work of fiction. You know what that means: it's made up, a story, a fabrication.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBROKEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSebastian O'Reilly returns home after many years away to keep vigil as his father dies. He is surrounded by family, and the event should be a breeze. It is anything but.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eExcerpt From a Scene at his Father's Hospital: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Are you a relative she asked him?\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes, I'm his son.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Mr. O'Reilly is in ICU\", she said, \"you can't go in right now. The doctor and nurse are with him. Your family\", she said are in the family room just to the left. You can join them and wait there\".\u003cbr\u003eOnce again, he paused in front of the doors pulled himself upright.\u003cbr\u003ePulled open the doors and walked through.\u003cbr\u003eThis is going to be hard, he thought.\u003cbr\u003eProbably the hardest thing; the hardest thing I've ever done.\u003cbr\u003eI believe that, while you can physically go home (or to where you were born), you can never go back for good. Or be\u003cbr\u003eAre you \u003cb\u003eBroken\u003c\/b\u003e? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill my story blow your mind? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKO Burt was born in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, and grew up on the \u003ci\u003eWest side\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCountry Road\u003c\/i\u003e area.\u003cbr\u003eKO Burt left his home at age eighteen and never went back other than for visits, weddings, and funerals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCOMING SOON FROM KO BURT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eCourtney Hollow, A Prodigal Daughter Story\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eExcerpt PROLOGUE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Broken,\" Sebastian declared. \"The word conjures up images of something not made right, something that breaks before it's time\". \"Broken\", that's what I've always been.\u003cbr\u003e\"I'm not sure when I started to take pride in being Broken, but I know it was so long ago, I can barely remember,\" he continued in a quiet, calm, almost Zen-like voice.\u003cbr\u003eMeaghan nodded her head almost as if to agree with him, and then looked at him in that clinical, seemingly interested and yet completely detached way that so many had looked at him before.\u003cbr\u003e\"My family and friends, colleagues and lovers would be surprised to hear me call myself Broken.\"\u003cbr\u003eMeaghan laughed softly. \"Sebastian, you're not going to catch me off guard that easily remember I'm the one who put you in those chains\".\u003cbr\u003eAnger reared up in him almost instantly, as he lost all semblance of sanity. He thrust himself towards her with great force, all his weight against the cold, unyielding steel of his chains bringing him up short with a rattle and crash.He woke with a start, his head popping upright, causing a sharp pain to run down his neck.\u003cbr\u003eWhere am I?\u003cbr\u003eSebastian, hallucinating now, saw Dr. Mah as Meaghan. He had a mixture of bemusement and twisted love on his face. She's so beautiful, he thought. I can't wait until the moment that I snap the handcuffs on to her wrists. I can't wait to see the look on her face. She's so naive, so innocent, just perfect for my taste. He almost laughed out loud.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuestions: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWill Sebastian escape Meaghan's chains?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWill Sebastian recover from his trip back to his childhood home?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWill Sebastian survive his family reunion?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWill he kill is brother and stay \u003cb\u003eBroken\u003c\/b\u003e forever?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eRead \u003cb\u003eBroken, A Sebastian O'Reilly Thriller\u003c\/b\u003e to find out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ko Burt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798451535004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.01d","brand":"Ko Burt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49167774712063,"sku":"9798451535004","price":17.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/broken-ko-burt-9798451535004","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}