Oppositional

By Jason A. Adams

Curiosity – a terrible mistress indeed.

Phillip DeGranz, youngest Proctor of a prestigious university, meets a generous benefactor with an unwholesome secret.

A loving wife, a mysterious patron, and a myriad of dark secrets.

Will DeGranz fall prey to his own desire for knowledge, or will curiosity set him free in the end?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jason A. Adams
• Release date: Feb 16, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393311645

Jason A. Adams

Jason A. Adams grew up in various Air Force towns, but Southwest Virginia has always been his homeplace. His military brat childhood exposed him to exotic locales, fascinating people from around the world, and a lifetime curiosity that informs his fiction.Jason is the author of many short stories based in and around the Virginia coalfields he lives in and loves. He currently lives on a forest mountain with assorted beasties, and his beautiful and talented wife, Kari Kilgore, also a writer of many wonderful stories.Find out more at www.jasonadams.info, where you can sign up for information on upcoming releases, and the occasional update from The Brain Squirrels.For all works released by Spiral Publishing, including Kari's many fantastic stories and non-fiction by Frank Kilgore, check out www.spiralpublishing.net.

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Oppositional

To all the fans of medical studies

Oppositional

Jason A. Adams

Spiral Publishing, Ltd.

Chapter 1

Phillip DeGranz didn’t trust the house.

He stood in the center of the long drive, the scents of foxglove, nicotiana, thistle, and many more herbs and flowers combined with the underlying odor of the septic’s leach field. The flower beds had once been well-maintained, but obviously not for a long while.

Phillip felt as though he were staring up a primordial tunnel, the extravagant growth arching above and closing in from the sides. The manor itself could be seen standing at the end of the tunnel, silently insulting the world