The Moral Infection

The Moral Infection - Paperback

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The Moral Infection

The Moral Infection - Paperback

by Michael J. Atwood
$16.18
Sale price  $16.18 Regular price 

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The Moral Infection

  • After a decade on the lam, a grocery worker in California is discovered by his old friend, a Mafia capo from North Jersey, who arrives to seek revenge for his betrayal
  • A Swedish police detective realizes that a disgraced Boston cop, hiding in Stockholm, is a member of the U.S. Federal Witness Protection Program
  • A famous author meets a beautiful young woman in London, who takes him on an odyssey, leading him to question his sanity, as well as his decisions as a fiction writer
  • A security guard at a nursing home is assigned to protect a falsely accused Catholic priest from zombie-like protestors and a morally corrupt politician nephew
  • A college basketball player helps cover up a classmate's entry into the Federal Witness Protection Program, but when the Mafia shows up, he realizes that he has made a fatal mistake
  • A former Olympic athlete finds himself on the run from his past relationships and crimes
  • An impoverished high schooler stands up to a violent bully in the worst possible manner
  • A teenage track athlete recounts the events leading up to a schoolmate's revenge on a bully
  • A teenage expatriate in London is detained by an anti-hate society, uncertain if their intentions with him are evil or good


ISBN9781088178157
Author Michael J. Atwood
PublisherMichael J. Atwood
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2023
LanguageENG- English
Pages182
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Michael J. Atwood

Michael J. Atwood is a graduate of the University of Southern California's prestigious Master of Professional Writing program and Boston College. He currently works as both a fiction and freelance writer in North Attleborough, Massachusett but his full-time pursuit is as an English Language Arts teacher at Middleboro High School. He has written for a number of publications including The Boston Globe, Patriot Ledger, North Attleborough Free Press, and Attleboro Sun Chronicle. In 2010, Aqueous Books published Atwood's first short story collection, HiStory of Santa Monica: Stories. The collection was a "minor-league" success selling many copies and is still available a number of bookstores across the U.S.. His second short story collection, HiStory of Santa Monica II: More Stories is due to be published in 2015.

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