Synopsis "Pieces of Justice"
Pieces of Justice is a tale on the move that continues the adventures of Deacon Coburn and company which began in Days of Purgatory. The everlasting conflict between good and evil weaves its way through the storyline to a stunning conclusion awash in an array of natural and supernatural elements. A mosaic of subplots dovetails into the overarching theme. A brassy woman with a mysterious past is on a cross-country mission to find Deacon Coburn, and she keeps her intentions hidden. Times are changing, which has a rakish gambler immersed in nostalgia, while a world traveler revisits Dodge City. Lives and perspectives are altered when a beloved mother and friend gets sick and dies. A River Brethren woman is overwhelmed by melancholia that is exacerbated by spiritual abuse. There are also revelations about characters that increase the intrigue. Through it all, words of encouragement from Whitey Fitzgerald to a grieving boy provide a framework of truth: ""Let me tell you something about hurting, boss. Hurting has no end. We get some faith and healing and distance enough to kick the past to the past, but nevertheless, we carry every scar until jubilee day when the Lord calls us home to glory."" ""Abell's storytelling, gritty and real, gets better with each installment. Pieces of Justice takes us further down the road in the ongoing saga of Deacon Coburn. Life and death, sickness and health, along with good and evil, are all mixed together in this wholly realistic adventure set in the expansion of the old American West. Each chapter brings a reminder that life, then and now, is a mixture of the spiritual and the carnal, and that justice, while often slow, does eventually come."" --Ron Bowell, author of Friar Tuck's Word of the Day: Volumes I, II, & III ""Man's capacity for both the deepest depravity as well as the most admirable and unselfish of actions has been a theme throughout the Deacon Coburn series. In Pieces of Justice the light and dark aspects of human nature are exposed as each character must take a stand in the culminating battle between good and evil. With vivid and startling images Abell pulls back the veil to give a glimpse of deeper truths about spiritual warfare waged in earthly and heavenly realms."" --William D. Hastings, author of Behind Prison Walls, and Candy and Blood Ken R. Abell resides in New Mexico with his wife, Anita. They serve the Overcomers Program at Navajo BIC Mission. Among other projects, he is writing the sixth and final installment of this western epic. His work can be found at www.wantedman.org or www.danceswithcorn.com.
