Replacement Children
"Replacement Childrenthrows hard punches. Maloy knows his refreshingly mature characters, and is not afraid to send them down rough roads. Real people make for scarier horror stories than do vampires and werewolves. Charlie "Dense" Woods and Vivien Granville are lost in a forest full of shadows cast by their own ravenous kin. Here's a dark look at the institutions of marriage, family, and money that you cannot easily dismiss."            Sohrab Homi Fracis, author ofTicket to Minto: Stories of India and America(Iowa Short Fiction Award)"Faulkner meets Honey Boo-Boo in the Southern-fried reality show that is Rick Maloy'sReplacement Children. Much like the morbid attraction of a roadside wreck, the clash of culture and class in Maloy's debut novel shines a spotlight on the human condition with a cast of characters readers will remember long after the last page is turned."            Parker Francis, author of the Quint Mitchell Mystery seriesRick Maloy's Replacement Children brilliantly explores how the pull of money can affect people no matter where they started. Maloy's characters squander their energies trying to find the next angle, with no regard to those they're manipulating. But he does a masterful job of showing where every machination eventually leads, and the tragic consequences of greed come through in frightening ways with every twist in this fascinating plot. With Replacement Children, Maloy has produced a fabulous debut novel.      - Russell Rowland, author of High and Inside, In Open Spaces, and The Watershed YearsLimo driver Charlie Woods and matriarch Vivien Granville may initially remind readers of Driving Miss Daisy, but author Rick Maloy has other catfish to fry. Atmospheric and character-driven, Replacement Children is a skillfully woven tale of greed, lust, tragedy - and unlikely redemption - in the rural South. St. Paul allegedly said that it was better to marry than to burn. He might rethink that after reading this fine book.          - Lawrence De Maria, author of eight novels, former New York Times senior editor and current board member of the Washington Independent Review of Books.Readers in search of a great story, populated by fascinating characters, need to try Rick Maloy's  Replacement Children. Set in small town Georgia, this collision of two families - one wealthy, the other constantly on the brink of ruin - is a blend of humor and pathos. Greed, conflicting family loyalties, and Internet-age sexuality power both clans toward their fates in this page-turner. Surprising, funny, touching, and well written.            - Nancy Nicholas, former editor of best sellers at Simon & Schuster