The Good Man's Son

By Alexander Rebelle

John Dumont is the first independent presidential candidate to ever have a commanding lead in the polls by mid-October of an election year. With nearly sixty percent of the voting population behind him, he arrives in Boston both for the final presidential debate of the campaign and to visit his son. But as the actions and the choices of his son abruptly become the focus of attention across the country, John finds his campaign in the midst of a crisis and his lead in the polls begins to shrink more and more with each passing day. In order to win the election, John will have to take control of the situation, but can he do it without damaging the bond that he shares with his family? John must choose to either interfere with the delicate balance in the newfound happiness of his son’s life, or do something that would seem impossible: convince the public to accept his son just as he has. John is a father that would sacrifice anything he has for his son, but will it cost him the election?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Jul 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9781329212176

Alexander Rebelle

I suppose it began in elementary school when I won my first poetry contest at only ten years of age. I look back at the contest now and I see what I think were the first signs of those around me beginning to take notice of my apparent skills as a writer. I was gently encouraged to pursue a career in writing as I continued on through middle school and then went on into high school. Toward the end of my time at Cape Cod Academy, I had a vision of an alternate sort of universe with places and characters that all had stories waiting to be told. This vision began a five-year journey in which I studied all forms of storytelling, from music to cinema to literature. I split my time between two colleges, working on the very first story from the universe I had envisioned all the while. I also developed a passion for music in these five years after high school. I learned to play several different instruments and I recorded a number of demos based off the story I was trying to tell through my writing. I made an attempt at making a career out of music, but it was not to be, as I learned that the landscape of the music industry had changed in such a way as to discourage musical innovation and creativity. So I refocused myself on my writing. It took me until I was twenty-three years old to finally complete my first work of literary fiction. Now I’m a resident of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the place where I grew up and where I’ve spent a majority of my life.