Foreword
It was Henry David Thoreau, in Walden, who remarked, "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." This statement appears to be just as true today as it was then. Perhaps it is even more valid today, considering the pressures and monotony of modern society.
The majority of today's men and women live in an overcrowded, noisy, competitive world. Most are put into slots and walk on a treadmill, living in carbon-copy houses, socializing with the same people. Their desperation is reflected in the rising rate of divorce, alcoholism, drug addiction, and at times is frighteningly released through violent and seemingly unmotivated crime. Some of the characters in WHIPPED WIFE are desperate people: Matt Hathaway and the members of his depraved cult of demon worshipers. And others, like Matt's beautiful young wife Diane, are the victims of the actions of these desperate people.
WHIPPED WIFE is a novel about the "quiet desperation" in so many of us -- and the extremes to which it may drive us. A warning to us all in these confusing and often frightening times.
The Publisher