The Things I Carry Home (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780999495995)

"I am a smart man, but everyone fears the monster."

My name is Benjamin. It's the only name I have ever known, since my parents abandoned me as a small child. Now, as an adult at six-foot-ten, I cast a terrifying shadow.

I have a sharp mind that operates beneath my giant frame, trapped in silence. Words come crashing through my head, but I have difficulty speaking and cannot defend myself against a world quick to brand me a monster. I know the truth of my dark history and know the nightmare they believe me to be.

But now...my time is running out...

I am captive on a sterile hospital bed, facing a high-risk procedure to save my life. I might never wake once the anesthesia grips my veins. Before the darkness descends, I have one final, desperate task remaining...I must reveal the truth of my story. You are the only witness I have left.

Step with me into the fog-drenched Carolina pines and endure my crushing heartbreak as a boy who loses his closest friend to a true monster. I will share my memories of loneliness as I lived a life on the run, hunted from the rusted dockyards of Charleston to the Charlotte skyline by men backed by "the Money and the Law." Only the burning light of the North Star guides my path toward a terrifying reckoning I can no longer outrun.

That is until she came along. Sarah looked past my size and saw the man inside. But my desperate attempt to protect her pulled me into a deadly web of wealth and abuse, pushing my endurance to the absolute breaking point.

Every chapter I share with you during my operation peels back another layer of dangerous secrets locked within a dark ledger. I will leave you racing toward the end, desperate to know if my truth will emerge before my failing heart stops and it's too late.

In this suspenseful, highly emotional thriller, prepare to confront a cold dread and the terrifying reality that the most dangerous secrets are the ones we carry home.

The Things I Carry Home is perfect for fans of:

- The profound emotional weight and misunderstood protagonist of Stephen King's The Green Mile

- The explosive psychological twists and confession-style tension of Alex Michaelides and Alice Feeney

- The brooding, Southern atmospheric dread of John Hart

- Sweeping thrillers anchored by dark childhood mysteries akin to Chris Whitaker and C.J. Tudor

The anesthesia is about to take hold. Listen and hear my confessions before it is too late.