The Coward

The Miller Sons #1

by Tim F. Miller

He was built to be a hero-- tall, athletic and handsome. Jack Miller seemingly had the world at his feet. As an upperclassman in college, he enjoyed everything the campus had to freedom, creativity, few responsibilities and girls...lots of beautiful co-eds. He relished his simple world of a few close friends, family and sports. However, one night at a popular campus bar with his friends would change his life forever and catapult him in to a dangerous complex society that he was wholly unprepared to meet. As a witness to several horrific murders, Jack's comfortable existence is threatened and he is forced to face unimaginable truths. Throughout his life, Jack had seen himself as the 'hero' figure based on popular cultural beliefs of the ideal physical man. However, when he meets a girl who draws him into a dark and dangerous world, Jack's comfortable existence is threatened and his conception of himself as a hero is challenged. He must learn what it really means to be a hero, and what truly causes a person to act heroically or cowardly. "The Coward" is a fast-paced thriller that urges the reader to follow Jack through difficult transitional phases of self-indulgence to self-sacrifice and real love. Jack's formidable trek into the criminal underworld and on the run, will compel the reader to explore the complexities of courage and cowardice.

255 pages, Paperback

Published August 9, 2017

Reviews

[Angie Gallion · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Coward is an action-packed page-turner. From the moment hedonistic Jack Miller finds himself in the crosshairs of a Lexington gang the pages fly past in a flurry. His predicament goes for terrible to worse, and in the deepest depths of his despair, he returns to his roots and searches for comfort and guidance in God. His father, a pastor, taught all of his sons at his knee and the Miller boys, even as they stray from their father's moral code they hold their religious foundations close. Jack is not necessarily a likable guy; he's a player who got in over his head. The author takes Jack's darkest times as moments for reflection, and through introspections, Jack shuns his hedonistic and self-centered lifestyle and makes the first step toward maturity. Some of the reflective sections pulled the reader out of the action and slowed the storyline down, but it's as much a cautionary tale as a thriller. It's is a coming of age story that will have your head exploding at the end.

[Anna Gehring · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was an amazing read. I've been looking forward to reading it for months. Make sure you have the time to read this book in one sitting because once you pick it up you're not going to want to put it down. I had the misfortune of starting it before Thanksgiving dinner and dreaded having to put it down. As soon as I could I picked it up and devoured it. I ended up screaming at the end due to the ending but it was a good scream because the book left me craving and wanting more. I'm loathing the wait I have ahead of me till the second one.