Michael Conlin

The Reluctant Pawn Michael Conlin

Michael Foster keeps waking from the same nightmare. He promised to spread his brother's ashes and it's been months since his death. Realizing it may be his subconscious getting to him, he sets out to keep hispromise. He thought the nightmare would go away once he spread the ashes in thespecified places his brother requested. He didn't expect that reality wouldbecome far more disturbing. Every time he spreads the ashes he receivesmessages through strange phenomenon that seem to be cut short, as if someonedoesn't want him to hear them. He is reluctant to follow the incompleteinstructions, as he is unsure he's not losing his mind. He finds he needs toput his trust in people he doesn't know. His fate is intertwined with that ofmankind. Unsure he wants this responsibility, he soon finds out he has nochoice.