As Sam Acquillo tells us in the early pages of Back Lash, “Not everyone reaches live their adult lives orbiting a central mystery.” But that’s how it’s been for Sam, whose entire existence continues to be defined by an individual, horrific event. Given that event has already reached right out of the deep history, an unwanted visitor, and Sam is usually forced to unpack, such as a Russian doll, secrets within secrets, each even more ominous than the one before. What’s revealed will be disturbing enough had been it not really also so personal-not a about Back Lash welcome development for a guy who once stated, “Avoidance, rationalization, and denial are highly underrated coping strategies.”

The action moves from Southampton towards the Bronx, where Sam once prowled in the part-time care of his father, owner of the truck-repair business and of a temper that stood out even within the mean streets. It’s right here that Sam discovers that evil background doesn’t only repeat itself, it can improve upon the initial; that no matter how things modification, the globe of cops and bad guys, priests, power brokers, wise guys, as well as wiser outdated bartenders stays the same-or gets much, much worse.

“Properly plotted…Sam must cope with his father’s ghost and his father’s surviving enemies. Sam’s backstory adds depth for an already strong personality.”-Publishers Weekly