Moth Crazy
by James Potter
Category: Fiction

Three young lives collide in the American Southwest A[a¬a Lukin, the self-absorbed, jazz-obsessed archaeologist who is hooked on pain killers and who struggles with paying his bills, the death of his mentor, and the ghost of his first love; Gaia, the young writer who is on a quest to recreate Jack KerouacA[a¬a[s travels (only backwards) and to forget her family and first real boyfriend; and Sharon, the chain-smoking escort with a penchant for women and world traveling and who is LukinA[a¬a[s best friend and supplier. When Lukin discovers a package that he knows is worth a lot of money and buries it in the desert, he sets off a chain of events that forces them to fight for their lives and confront their relationships with each other. Their journey together across the desert brings each of them face to face with various colorful and often dangerous characters and with what each is ultimately trying to escape A[a¬a the past.