The End of Madness

About the Book

The human psyche, normally a fortress of strength, is most vulnerable when love dies. The emotionally chilling novellas in The End of Madness provide glimpses into the minds of people for whom love stopped existing.

The End of Madness, the signature story, deals with despair born of David Reed’s obsessive behavior. The story follows the decline of a famous novelist who blurs the line between loving, trusting and dying. When his love affair spins out of control, soaring to a point of no return, the writer plunges an alluring mistress and a loving wife into their own brand of hell. An unexpected twist provides a gripping conclusion to this transatlantic journey into madness.

THE VISITOR

In The Visitor, a beautiful widow tries desperately to retain her sanity after an encounter with a strange child. Brenda Carter’s improbable relationship, which slowly intensifies with young Karla Adams, exploits every aspect of her existence. Fear, hope, sadness and incredible discovery highlight four decades in the life of a popular and resolute woman. Unfortunately, her quest for love also falls victim to the indomitable search for truth. Brenda is the perfect protagonist, as Cape Cod is the perfect setting, for this haunting tale that confronts the differences between reality and madness.

THE LOCKET

A fanaticism born of tragedy leads a popular minister on a bizarre crusade. A respected clergyman’s mind discovers the darkest corner of despair after his loving wife is tragically killed. Leroy Madison’s ability to traverse opposing social structures enables him to perform an inner voice’s unthinkable mandate. An intellectual debate, raging within a wounded heart, defines this psychological thriller. Forces of good and evil struggle to control a tormented mind, trapped in the cruelest of all places…madness.

About the Author

An Eclectic life has provided the author of Valerie’s Dream and End of Madness with a vast reservoir of experiences. Gregory spent a number of years in the United States Diplomatic Corp, holding down assignments in the Congo, England, Russia, Chad, Mexico, the Philippines and Washington, D. C. After leaving the Foreign Service, he became an administrator of a satellite branch of a large west coast blood bank. That experience preceded a brush with the world of municipal politics where he served as the chief of Staff to the mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island. Gregory also spent a number of years as co-owner of a public relations and advertising firm on the east coast. Jerry and his wife, Francine, are parents of three children, Jerilyn, Jay and June and two grandchildren, Boston and Marlee.