Desert Sons
Time: Summer, 1990. Place: Yucca Valley, CA. Scott has just finished his junior year of high school. He works part time at his parent’s restaurant and does sound for the popular rock band Centauri. Isolated in his high desert town, Scott doesn’t know anyone else who’s gay. But that’s about to end. When he meets Ryan St. Charles, a very troubled seventeen year old who comes to live with his uncle in town, Scott’s world is forever changed. Scott, at first, is not at all enamored with this brash new arrival, but is far more attracted to him than put off. Ryan has been hiding the fact that he’s gay for a long time. Even the long relationship he just left with a man twice his age didn’t allow him to fully come to terms with that fact. When Scott initiates their friendship, then transforms it into his first relationship, the kissing begins and the sparks fly. When Scott accompanies Ryan back to his childhood home for his eighteenth birthday, Ryan reveals his mysterious past. Tightly focused on these two characters, Desert Sons follows their thoughts and emotions as they go through the ups and downs of a young adult gay relationship. Filled with first-time wonder, teenage angst, and the swirl of emotions that can only be expressed by youth, you’ll be pulled headlong into this highly-charged drama. Due to overwhelming reader feedback, the sequel ‘Into This World We’re Thrown’, now available worldwide, completes this story.