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    Costly Obsession: Decay
    Costly Obsession: Decay
    Costly Obsession: Decay
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    Costly Obsession: Decay

    By Sasha Pruett

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    Trevor's first nightmare was bad, this one is so much worse!

    No one ever said that growing up was easy and those who may have never grew up with Eric Ramis. Eric’s mother had moved to the suburbs of Michigan to give her son a better chance for his future, one without gangs. Unfortunately gangs are a plague that scientists and society have yet to even come close to wiping out. Gang life consumed Eric, ripping apart his sanity, soul, and his very life. At ten he became a scout, next a mule. Then he made his first huge mistake, Eric was jumped in. Year after year he fought, stole, robbed, and murdered. He made it his personal obligation to bring down the Ten Commandments all at only fifteen years of age.

    Silently, suddenly, the lights went out, leaving Eric alone in a black pit of despair. Drifting away, reality gone, empty. He’d been shot before, it was no big deal, in fact it was a badge of honor, but this time was different, this time he was dead. Immediately the fire began to engulf him, burning his flesh and scorching his skin. With a flash of light it was all over, Eric was laying on the cold metal table in the o.r., but his ride was just begining.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBeLe Publishing
    Release dateAug 7, 2011
    ISBN9781465806895
    Costly Obsession: Decay
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    Sasha Pruett

    Author Sasha Pruett has been writing for more than two decades in various genres from horror to sci-fi, fantasy and adventure. She resides in the south with her husband of more than twenty years where she enjoys taking care of her home and pets. She is an avid reader and gamer and has many hobbies including music, painting, crafting, knitting and more.When asked about what started her desire to become a writer she states, "It wasn't really something I decided like some people do, it wasn't one of those, 'When I grow up I want to be a writer,' or 'I'm going to write a book one day.' It was just something that was a part of who I was; who I am, something that was natural from the time I could remember, something I did that flowed from me. When I was nine I had an idea that I told my father I was going to write a book from, but that was more for myself and for him since he was always interested in my writing. The thought of being a writer was nowhere in my mind since I had so many other interests until years later when I decided to write down a list of all the different story ideas I had. To my surprise there were nearly two dozen ideas on that list and it quickly grew. That was when it hit me, when I realized I had always been a writer and all those short stories I had enjoyed writing over the years were just practice."With a binder filled with over one-hundred storylines and rough drafts she has no shortage of material to keep novels coming for years.

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