num_pages: 184
description: As the world falls into darkness under the weight of a mysterious illness, an old, well worn detective is nearing his retirement. But before any celebrations can begin, a killer has come to Hood River, Oregon to capitalize on the world wide epidemic some refer to as the Suffering, and some refer to as simply, The Symptoms. And it will be up to Detective Hoyt Bodry to find this madman who tauntingly refers to himself as, ‘Suffering’s End.’ But Bodry is not the young detective that he used to be. Old age has settled in before retirement making his final task all that much more difficult. Above all else, Bodry learns in the worst of ways that sometimes the choices we make can have lasting, impactful consequences. Once he realizes it, he knows there is only one road he can go down. And just when Bodry thought he had finished one race, he finds himself at the beginning of a new road...a road to redemption. About For as long as John Douglas can remember, he has always had The Symptoms. A strange set of complaints comprised of severe pains in his left elbow and right thigh, starvation level hunger and thirst, a strange feeling of falling or moving very fast, the feelings that his family members were not as they seem, and lastly, all the sensory precursors of being near a beach. He has seen doctors, therapists, and psychologists of every sort and not one of them can find a reason for his bizarre malady and can only conclude that his problems must be psychological. That he might very well be insane. That is until the day that people by the thousands start showing up at hospitals all over the world complaining of the same things. Until that day, John thought he had been the only one.
language: English
title: The Search for Suffering's End: A Beacon Novella
titlecomplete: The Search for Suffering's End: A Beacon Novella
publisher: Lulu.Com