The Gift of the Dead

By JA Kruger

Do the mistreatments of our past, justify our mistreatment of others? Does the desire to be with someone justify doing whatever it may take to get them? How does someone go from a religious and sheltered childhood to the violent and obsessed man, currently restrained in the seat across from you?

These are the questions plaguing a psychiatrist, court-mandated to unravel the mind of John Lensing - a patient in a mental institution awaiting trial for murder, rape and numerous other crimes. What he finds is a labyrinth of madness tormenting a confused individual whose choices were never his own to make.

• Language: English
• Publisher: JA Kruger
• Release date: Mar 4, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386037705

JA Kruger

The only reason to tell a story is if it is a story that needs to be told.I am a writer; a story-teller and I have lived for a couple of years now, seen many great things and experienced great moments. I have met many people in my life and in each of these people I have found things that fascinate me. I have been blessed with good friends and not so good friends; intelligent enemies and some unfortunately not so, but I have found that all people deep down share similar fears and hates. All people have things that make them uncomfortable, even if we don't know what those things are.It is this that has attracted me to writing along with the too many near-death experiences I have had - long story and I promise to get to it sometime. But the near-deaths don't bother me and in fact it is because of these I have cultivated a greater appreciation for life. I enjoy exploring abstract issues such as religion, sex, insanity, drugs and love and in my writing I am inspired by these things and the impact of them on peoples'; lives. I feel drawn to the concept of; "what if?"; moments people experience. Pretty much; I enjoy exploring the darker side of nearly everything.And while my work might not be for everyone and the stories I tell might make people uncomfortable, I think they need to be told.Because of this I will tell them...

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