Although he left his position with the master of deceit, Dwight Lamar, well before the swindler vanishes, Matt Nelson is held accountable for serious construction deficiencies that have caused the deaths of residents on the projects he worked on. An ambitious DA needs a scapegoat, and no one has been brought to justice. Matt Nelson fits the bill. Stuck with land in Houston when Lamar disappeared, a New York patriarch, eager to rid himself of the Texas property, resells it to a bottom-feede...

High school is in the rearview mirror, and college awaits when the pandemic explodes into the life of affable Texan Marshall Morris. At first, there is confusion, growing hysteria, with little accurate information as the dreaded COVID virus sweeps across the country. When the disease strikes him, he accepts the news with typical good cheer, until he becomes convinced he is a carrier transmitting it to others. He is deeply troubled and rallies against fellow young people who refuse to wear ...