The Merciful - by Jon Sealy (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Jon Sealy's The Merciful explores a hit and run in a coastal South Carolina tourist town and the subsequent trial, providing both a gripping courtroom drama and a probing look at questions of justice and mercy in our era of social media, fake news, and online outrage. When 19-year-old Samantha James is killer by a driver while riding her bike home from work one night, the town sets out to crucify the alleged culprit, Daniel Hayward. The headlines tell a compelling story, but the truth is much less clear. As in the film Rashomon, everyone has a "story" about what happened: the media, the prosecutor, the defense attorney, Daniel, and Samantha's family. As the book examines these myriad perspectives, The Merciful's stunning scope ranges from characters striving for a kind of American success that's just out of reach, to questions of data analytics, brain emulations, and the very survival of humanity. Ultimately, however, the novel is a morality play about one moment, one accident, one decision, and the way an instant can change the course of a life forever"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Jon Sealy's <em>The Merciful </em>is a scathing morality play that explores a cast of small-town characters surrounding a deadly hit and run in coastal South Carolina.</strong></p><p> </p><p>The low-country town of Overlook is a sleepy tourist and retirement community known for its golf courses and laid-back lifestyle. But when 19-year-old Samantha James is killed in a hit and run one night while riding her bicycle home from work, the town sets out to crucify the alleged culprit, Daniel Hayward. The headlines tell a compelling story, but the truth is much less clear. As in the film <em>Rashomon</em>, everyone has a "story" about what happened: the media, the prosecutor, the defense attorney, Daniel, and Samantha's family.</p><p> </p><p>As the book examines these myriad perspectives, <em>The Merciful</em>'s stunning scope ranges from characters striving for a kind of American success that's just out of reach, to questions of data analytics, brain emulations, and the very survival of humanity. Ultimately, however, the novel is a morality play that asks tough questions about the nature of justice-and mercy. What do you do when one moment, one accident, one decision changes the course of life forever?</p><p> </p><p>As the novel circles around the hit and run and the subsequent trial, Jon Sealy offers both a gripping courtroom drama and a probing look at questions of justice and mercy in our era of competing narratives and online outrage.</p>
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