The Prospect of Redemption (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781499571608)

The Prospect of Redemption.

Critics review.
I found this to be a tender and considered examination of the psychological roots and emotional impact of incest. A compelling read from beginning to end. Lee Siegal, New York Examiner. 2015

The Prospect of Redemption.
2015
The third novel is a love story between Harry and his sister Sarah. They are 7 and 4 when they embark on a sexual relationship that continues for fifteen years. Harry commits suicide on Sarah's wedding day.

This is the third book in the "Story Teller" series exploring five different types of relationships and how they change.
The other books are:

Death of a Sparrow.
1943
The first story is about Marissa (15). She is on a train with 281 other Jewish Children being evacuated from their town in Slovenia to the safety of Switzerland. But the train journey is a masquerade. Its true mission and destination is to carry a precious cargo of enriched uranium into the heart of Germany. The shipment will profoundly change the course of the war if it reaches Germany. After Germany, the train is bound for the death camp Naztweiller in France, where the children will be exterminated. Marissa befriends a German guard on a train and rapes him during the journey. The relationship quickly develops into a love affair, and they find themselves facing one monumental decision when the opportunity arises for them to escape from the train. They can run, but it will cost the lives of all the other children on the train, including Marissa's closest friends, or they can stay, but if they do, it will cost the lives of millions of people across Europe.....

The Tusitala
1915 - 1985
The second story is about Gideon Drew, who loses everything to a thief, descends into poverty, and then his wife and son die of Tuberculosis. Gideon has nothing left to live for and decides to sacrifice himself on the battlefield of Mesopotamia as one final gesture. But, just as he is about to die, a strange character appears, making him a proposal. Gideon can live forever or until he has retrieved everything he has lost. For the next seventy years, he appeases, his pent-up anger spending his time destroying many marriages, relationships, and friendships until one day, he meets Catherine and realises that his lifelong quest to find the last thing he lost may finally be over. However, on that day, he must settle his side of the bargain and render up his soul.

Be Happy with My Life
2020
The fourth story is about Katie Rose Farrier, who lives a perfect life with her husband and three children. Then she discovers she is dying from Cancer. Katie spends what time she has left searching for someone to replace her after she has gone. She finds Lauren, who lives in the same village, and a relationship develops, although they never meet. The story is about their lives and how they eventually morph into one new life for the families.

The Killing Plan.
2030
The final story is about D.I. Mackenzie Parish, whose wife and daughter mysteriously die in an impossible road accident. Five years later, during his investigation into the murder of a prostitute, he discovers that the killer can only be one man, Aiden Hawsley, who has been Prime Minister and Lord Protector of the united kingdom for the last ten years. The story explores his relationship with his virtual reality lover, Loretta, who replicates many of the attributes of his dead wife, Catherine. Mackenzie also realises that Hawsley must also have been responsible for the death of his family.

Author: Terence F. Moss
ISBN-10: 1499571607
ISBN-13: 9781499571608
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/15/2014
Pages: 238
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.50d