Böcker av Mike Kostensky

In the suspenseful yet realistic novel The Widower's Redemption, Mike Kostensky's protagonist has lost not only his spouse but his own life in many ways. Coin battles the demons of his depression daily as he trudges through his routine. It takes a brutal winter storm hitting his small community along the rough waters of Lake Michigan to awaken him. Forgetting his own problems, he learns that life can rewrite itself as he finds out people, including himself, can and will help each other out.The cold Michigan winter is as much a character as the people in The Widower's Redemption are, though it's this created family that saves Coin. Under Kostensky's impassioned guidance, The Widower's Redemption becomes the coming-of-older-age tale we all need.

Mitch started his writing career with big dreams, but he's settled into an empty life of one-night stands, late nights at the bar, and failed ambitions. His latest assignment seems like a dead end: he's been assigned to Macbeth, a tight-knit island community off the coast of Massachusetts, where the quaint down-home values of Norman Rockwell and Mayberry still hold sway. But this little piece of paradise isn't immune to the modern world, and Mitch finds himself caught up in the unthinkable: Macbeth, lacking support from the mainland, yet not allowed to govern itself, secedes from Massachusetts. The consequences of this decision are far-reaching, as a small community shakes the foundation of the United States, facing a bloody battle they would never have chosen...and their spokesman becomes Mitch, the journalist who learns that he is not the man he thought he was, as he becomes more enmeshed in the life of the islanders, and discovers what love really is. A modern-day epic about the ways in which war impacts real people, The Island of Macbeth is a thought-provoking, inventive novel that will challenge and entertain you.