The Counter Fit: A Man, a Tree and the Retelling of Time

By Jerome B. Deck Jr.

Dendrologist: one who studies treesDendrochronologist: one who dates events and variations in past environments by comparative study of growth rings in trees and aged wood Meet Horatio Y. Segundo, dendrochronologist extraordinaire. Horatio is an expert in analyzing tree rings. So his life's work leads him to the Methuselah Tree, the world's oldest tree. It is there that Horatio finds rare solace, for his mind is neither a serene nor quiet place. He teeters on the precipice of death and disaster: a hard-to-spell disease, for example, or stumbling in a crosswalk while carrying a bag full of apples, or, heaven forbid, spores. But these feared and imagined calamities pale in comparison to that fateful night when Horatio develops acute liver failure. For the first time in his life, Horatio actually is dying. Only his wife, the alluring and devoted Perpetua, can rescue him from his certain demise. But what if an unspeakable event from Horatio's past - the dreaded hour - surfaces and prevents any chance of his survival? Will Horatio's salvation come from Perpetua's own dark secrets, or will it come from the mysteries hidden beneath Methuselah's bark?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150057693X
• ISBN13: 9781500576936
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 137 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"