A Swollen Red Sun

Summary

God, drugs, corruption, and morality come together in thisgripping tale of desperation.

In Gasconade County, Missouri—once called the meth capitalof the world—Deputy Sheriff Dale Banks discovers $52,000 hidden in thebroken-down trailer that Jerry Dean Skaggs uses for cooking crystal. And hetakes it. Banks knows what he did was wrong, but he did it for all the rightreasons. At least, he thinks so. But for every wrong deed, there is aconsequence.

Jerry Dean can’t afford to lose that $52,000—he owes it tohis partners and to a crooked cop. He also can’t afford to disappoint thecrazed and fearsome Reverend Butch Pogue, who is expecting Jerry Dean todeliver the chemicals the reverend needs for his next batch of meth. To avoidthe holy man’s wrath, Jerry Dean sets in motion a series of events that willthreaten Banks’ family, his life, and everything he thinks he knows about theworld.