Overview

The young man steps on the cinders and flies around the track. He’s unaware that one has to learn how to fall before he can fly.

And when he tumbles, anger enters his life and his journey begins.
It’s all about speed. The Kid is fast, so very, very fast. And anger is his motivation.
In time that lethal combination produces intolerable pain.
She says that love is the answer. Coaches and friends agree, and help him to fulfill his enormous talent.

But love becomes secondary to the anger that takes control of his spirit both on and off the track. And hate is its inseparable companion.

Yet, there are plenty of good times. There is a time to rejoice and a time to cheer.
The gamut of emotions runs the distance in Marathon.
Anger and hate assail him from within. The demons of fear, sorrow and sadness, regret and remorse assault him without mercy.

All the while pain saturates his being with soul sorrow, heartache and enough physical torture to emasculate the runner. The demon of despair senses the vulnerability and vows to capture his soul for the dark side.

The runner is all alone. And in his time of despair only love stays by his side for support.
The question is. Can love defeat anger, hate, despair, intolerable pain and The Other.
Maybe. For he is the one who is born to run.

John Herbert invites you to read his unique and creative story of the MARATHON of life. His debut novel is certain to captivate the attention of the reader. One can expect a gamut of emotions to rise within that makes it difficult to put the book down.

Plots and sub plots engross the reader while our hero searches for ‘the line’ and an answer to the many questions of life and the pain thereof. He cannot win one without the other. The Other blocks his path. Love and anger go toe to toe. Heartache. Despair. Pain intends to conquer all.

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