Flesh Worn Stone

By John A. Burks Jr.

Steven Alexander, simple suburbanite, loving father and husband, is thrust into a world of violence and slavery beginning with one brutal night where, during a home invasion, his sons are murdered in front of him. He and his wife Rebecca are then kidnapped, drugged, and taken to an uncharted tropical island where they awake on a pristine beach in the company of five strangers.The island is prison and it's residents are both the guards and the participants in the Game, a modern-day rendition of the Colosseum of ancient Rome, where they must compete in acts of murder, rape, and self-mutilation for the amusement of an unseen wealthy elite. Contestants must survive five times to earn their freedom from the island horrors. Losers become the evening meal.Steven struggles to survive in a world where violence is not only accepted but cheered. He fights to hold on to his wife, Rebecca, in a community where cannibalism is survival, brutality is affection, and living another day is at the expense of his own soul. Survival comes with a price, however, and he soon learns that not only are not all of the players in the Game unwilling participants, but those who have volunteered to play the Game have paid a horrible admission price.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475271646
• ISBN13: 9781475271645
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"