The Suffering - Paperback

by Dan Mayer (Author)

As Seen in Scream Magazine

"Mayer's dark theme touches on the state of human brokenness and how it can fracture our relationships, our loves and ourselves." -Authors Reading

Twenty-year-old Billy Johnson is afflicted by the hollowness.

All reason is lost when it has him in its grip, pushing him towards acts of unspeakable cruelty.. When a hiking accident leaves him injured on an isolated mountain, facing imminent death, Billy looks for meaning in his tragic life. The hollowness, a malevolent force that consumes him, is responsible for everything good in his life: a relationship with his father, his beloved younger brother Henry, and the first woman to love him, Lisa.

At the peak of despair, on the cusp of death, he encounters a strange old man, who is eerily familiar. Is this Billy's last chance to redeem his troubled life and rid himself of the hollowness?