Driven

Driven

John I. Stoeppel

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Editorial:
Outskirts Press
Año de edición:
2009
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9781432737504
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When reckless choices, and impulsive decisions, born out of rage, impact the lives of several commuters on the over-crowded roads during a Monday morning rush hour, their destinies become irreversibly intertwined during the span of five fateful days. Tempers flare and the stakes are raised as the competition each driver engages in becomes increasingly elevated until the dangerous game they play spirals out of control. Officer Berry's job becomes progressively more difficult as he foresees the path of apparent random altercations on the road, which seems to be heading toward an inevitable clash. The unanswered question remains as to what changes an otherwise honest hard-working person into a vessel of anger and torment once they are behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. Destruction and tragedy appears to be the only recourse for the people he is trying to stop before a deadly game plays out in its entirety.Ken, who prides himself on being a hard-working man who takes care of his family, suddenly starts to realize his life is unraveling at the seams. His family has been experiencing deep-rooted issues for quite some time, and now every problem seems to be boiling to the surface, pulling him in every direction possible. Being on the verge of losing everything he has worked so hard for, Ken finds that even the material possessions in his life are failing him now as well. Becoming more emotionally unstable as the days pass, he no longer uses good judgment in harnessing his anger in the simplest of situations. Chris, a successful business man who can hardly think of anything other than his career, mistakenly becomes the target of an over-zealous driver after a simple indiscretion turns into a twisted game where pride rules over all involved, and the prize is the domination of the other player. Chris, who never allows himself to lose at anything or show weakness to anyone, becomes his own victim by falling into illegal actions to stay ahead of a stranger.As the road games continue, Ken and Chris unexpectedly bring Fred and Darren along for the ride, each of who have their own unique anger issues to combat. Fred, a young man who thinks that everyone is out to get him, believes his generation is being held back by an authoritative society and he feels the need to be heard and show the world he is a force to be reckoned with. Darren only has two things on his mind! His car and his girlfriend! Always on edge and feeling threatened, Darren believes men at every turn are plotting to take his 'girls' away from him. If there were a fight to be had for the honor of either of his ladies, he would gladly enter into it and take no prisoners.The streets are no longer big enough for all of them, and they endanger several innocent bystanders with their careless driving. Once things come to a head, and it seems like there is no way the situation can get any worse, Chris tries to alter the outcome by changing his ways. However, fate won't allow him out of the game that easily. With time ticking away, Officer Berry tries his best to prevent an ultimate tragedy from occurring on the Colorado roads, but, another player, driven by righteous fury, enters the game, and changes the course of all of their lives in an instant. Unfortunately, the lesson learned comes too late, and the consequences that are paid for their pride and anger are not worth the lingering repercussions.

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