Confluence A Novel

Clay Wright struggles to hold together the desultory elements of his life: a tenuous marriage, an accidental career, parenthood. When his unscrupulous employer sells out the business and his job, his safe, predictable existence unravels. A chance encounter with a prodigal friend finds Clay lured into some small-time drug dealing. A seemingly harmless departure from the straight and narrow quickly spins out of control, leaving him reeling as he navigates a morass of betrayal and family secrets.

Bruce Nelson grew up in Jackson, MS, and currently resides across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. Speculation at to what is wrong with the boy has yielded no concrete conclusions. www.brucenelson.info