A Swollen Red Sun

God, drugs, corruption, and morality come together in this gripping tale of desperation. In Gasconade County, Missourionce called the meth capital of the worldDeputy Sheriff Dale Banks discovers $52,000 hidden in the broken-down trailer that Jerry Dean Skaggs uses for cooking crystal. And he takes it. Banks knows what he did was wrong, but he did it for all the right reasons. At least, he thinks so. But for every wrong deed, there is a consequence. Jerry Dean cant afford to lose that $52,000he owes it to his partners and to a crooked cop. He also cant afford to disappoint the crazed and fearsome Reverend Butch Pogue, who is expecting Jerry Dean to deliver the chemicals the reverend needs for his next batch of meth. To avoid the holy mans wrath, Jerry Dean sets in motion a series of events that will threaten Banks family, his life, and everything he thinks he knows about the world.