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ABSOLUTION: The Ted Roth Story
The face of death is inconspicuous -
Ted Roth's mind cyclones, recalling the events leading up tothe assassination. Exhaling slowly, gutturally through gritted teeth, he shiftsonto his back in a vain attempt at easing his pain. His quick, shallow breathrelieved somewhat, he glances down at the inadequate, bloody dressing coveringthe disgorging red hole in his abdomen where the bullet had torn into hisflesh. As the wound is ebbing his life, Ted Roth wonders which vital organ isthe epicenter of the undulating heat, white-hot until moments ago, that'sradiating his body. Although the pain is intense and unrelenting, hedesperately wants to document the sad truths that affected his life, and thatof so many others, but precious little time remains. Ted slowly leans forward,retrieves the tape recorder from the utility table, and eases back onto hisdeathbed. Examining the gadget momentarily, he flips it on, presses record,clears his throat, and begins.
"My name is Ted Roth. I killed my first victim with aknife. His name was Charlie. He was eleven years old, I was ten."...
ABSOLUTION, a raw and uncensored story, chronicles thegrowth of a psychopathic killer from his first shocking, childhood mutilation.Ted Roth, whose personality was so adversely sterilized by a duality ofdisassociated childhood betrayals, is transformed into a vengeful and vilekiller. Charlie, his best friend in grammar school, and Jamie Carver, the firstgirl he ever loved, snuff out the spring of Teddy's life just as sure as ifthey had plunged a knife through his heart. A autobiographic diary of theevolution of Ted's psychopathic maturation, ABSOLUTION, presents the chillingand often grisly insight into the murky recesses of a tormented and troubledmind. Ted winds his way through life leaving a path of butchered bodies in hiswake. The last person anyone would suspect, he progresses through life, raisesa family, and flourishes in business, political, and social circles. Ted'sconsiderable pernicious talents, coupled with his sociopolitical connections,create the perfect covert killing machine. When his sordid past is discoveredby a secret, fanatical, right-wing organization, Ted is blackmailed andpresented with two assassinate the President of the United States, or be publiclyexposed for the gruesome atrocities he's committed. Unwillingly, he agrees to theassassination for fear his family will suffer immeasurably if his hideous deedsare revealed. Ted devises an incredibly simple and ingenious scheme for killingthe President. In a twisted and shocking conclusion, Ted attempts to alter histarget and sever the head of the organization blackmailing him. Theassassination is successful, but Ted's life is fatally compromised by along-forgotten victim from his childhood.
Ted Roth's mind cyclones, recalling the events leading up tothe assassination. Exhaling slowly, gutturally through gritted teeth, he shiftsonto his back in a vain attempt at easing his pain. His quick, shallow breathrelieved somewhat, he glances down at the inadequate, bloody dressing coveringthe disgorging red hole in his abdomen where the bullet had torn into hisflesh. As the wound is ebbing his life, Ted Roth wonders which vital organ isthe epicenter of the undulating heat, white-hot until moments ago, that'sradiating his body. Although the pain is intense and unrelenting, hedesperately wants to document the sad truths that affected his life, and thatof so many others, but precious little time remains. Ted slowly leans forward,retrieves the tape recorder from the utility table, and eases back onto hisdeathbed. Examining the gadget momentarily, he flips it on, presses record,clears his throat, and begins.
"My name is Ted Roth. I killed my first victim with aknife. His name was Charlie. He was eleven years old, I was ten."...
ABSOLUTION, a raw and uncensored story, chronicles thegrowth of a psychopathic killer from his first shocking, childhood mutilation.Ted Roth, whose personality was so adversely sterilized by a duality ofdisassociated childhood betrayals, is transformed into a vengeful and vilekiller. Charlie, his best friend in grammar school, and Jamie Carver, the firstgirl he ever loved, snuff out the spring of Teddy's life just as sure as ifthey had plunged a knife through his heart. A autobiographic diary of theevolution of Ted's psychopathic maturation, ABSOLUTION, presents the chillingand often grisly insight into the murky recesses of a tormented and troubledmind. Ted winds his way through life leaving a path of butchered bodies in hiswake. The last person anyone would suspect, he progresses through life, raisesa family, and flourishes in business, political, and social circles. Ted'sconsiderable pernicious talents, coupled with his sociopolitical connections,create the perfect covert killing machine. When his sordid past is discoveredby a secret, fanatical, right-wing organization, Ted is blackmailed andpresented with two assassinate the President of the United States, or be publiclyexposed for the gruesome atrocities he's committed. Unwillingly, he agrees to theassassination for fear his family will suffer immeasurably if his hideous deedsare revealed. Ted devises an incredibly simple and ingenious scheme for killingthe President. In a twisted and shocking conclusion, Ted attempts to alter histarget and sever the head of the organization blackmailing him. Theassassination is successful, but Ted's life is fatally compromised by along-forgotten victim from his childhood.
202 pages, Hardcover
First published December 20, 2004
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Have you ever wondered what made someone a killer? Why they did what they did and how they decided that killing was the best or only way to deal with the problem? Absolution: The Ted Roth Story is the story of one man's life, told by him from his youngest days up through the end. Teddy explains what happened to him that drove him to kill his best friend at the tender age of 10, and blame it on another boy. It takes you through each and every killing that Teddy commits and gives you an insight into what he was thinking and feeling when it happened, and his reasoning for it. Author Edmund Hulton gives a wonderful first person, biographical kind of fiction story that opens a world of a killers mind up to the read, and you find that it is eerily similar to your own.
Although Absolution: The Ted Roth Story is a work of fiction, you can almost feel the realness of the story. The reader is easily able to identify with Teddy and the others in the book, so much so that at times you might think he's a monster and other times, you want to defend what he did as an act of justice. Author Edmund Hulton has taken on the human fantasy with the mind of a killer and yet given him a real life, a purpose and a motive to live and told his story in such a way that you start to question who is the good guy and who is really the bad guy in the story. Definitely a read for mature readers only because of some of the events that occur that lead up to some of the killings, they are not described in graphic detail, but the topic is hard to deal with for some readers. That in and of itself makes the reader question the justice of what Teddy does in certain cases.
Have you ever wondered what made someone a killer? Why they did what they did and how they decided that killing was the best or only way to deal with the problem? Absolution: The Ted Roth Story is the story of one man's life, told by him from his youngest days up through the end. Teddy explains what happened to him that drove him to kill his best friend at the tender age of 10, and blame it on another boy. It takes you through each and every killing that Teddy commits and gives you an insight into what he was thinking and feeling when it happened, and his reasoning for it. Author Edmund Hulton gives a wonderful first person, biographical kind of fiction story that opens a world of a killers mind up to the read, and you find that it is eerily similar to your own.
Although Absolution: The Ted Roth Story is a work of fiction, you can almost feel the realness of the story. The reader is easily able to identify with Teddy and the others in the book, so much so that at times you might think he's a monster and other times, you want to defend what he did as an act of justice. Author Edmund Hulton has taken on the human fantasy with the mind of a killer and yet given him a real life, a purpose and a motive to live and told his story in such a way that you start to question who is the good guy and who is really the bad guy in the story. Definitely a read for mature readers only because of some of the events that occur that lead up to some of the killings, they are not described in graphic detail, but the topic is hard to deal with for some readers. That in and of itself makes the reader question the justice of what Teddy does in certain cases.
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