Jaxon With An X: A Novel

by D. K. Wall

Overview

Six-year-old Jaxon Lathan disappeared while playing in a park. Ten years later, he's found wandering a deserted highway.

The boy's family races to the hospital to see him, but they are shocked at the sight. The bubbly youngster has been replaced by a scarred and emaciated teen. As they bridge the lost years and rebuild their bonds, they must wrestle with their own guilt and demons.

Fearing other children are at risk, the sheriff follows the clues deep into the Great Smoky Mountains. He finds half-buried secrets, a twisted family, and his own missed opportunities. When he peels back the last layer of the mystery, the revelation shakes everyone.

Jaxon dreamed for years is to be with his family. Has too much happened or can he find his way home?

Jaxon with an X is an emotionally charged standalone literary fiction novel. If you like rural settings, broken families learning to heal, and stories of personal endurance, you'll love D.K. Wall's absorbing tale.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781950293032
Publisher:	Conjuring Reality LLC
Publication date:	07/07/2020
Pages:	326
Sales rank:	322,179
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.73(d)

About the Author

D.K. has lived his entire life in the Carolinas and Tennessee-from the highest elevations of the Great Smoky Mountains near Maggie Valley to the industrial towns of Gastonia and Hickory, the cities of Charlotte and Nashville, and the coastal salt marsh of Murrells Inlet.Over the years, he's watched the textile and furniture industries wither and the banking and service industries explode, changing the face of the region. He uses his love of storytelling to share tales about the people and places affected.Today he's married and living in Asheville. Surrounded by his family of rescued Siberian Huskies known as The Thundering Herd, D.K. is hard at work on his next novel.