RIP THE SKY
by
Mark Packard
Speculative Fiction / Fantasy / Science Fiction
Publisher: Bluestreak Publishing
Page Count: 317 pages
Publication Date: August 21, 2023
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After a shocking courtroom tragedy, a disturbed Vietnam veteran and the vindictive judge who sent him to prison become an unlikely pair of time travelers in a chaotic multiverse. The fallen angel who rescues them wants to guide them to a radiant new life. But first they must return to the scene of a ghastly crime.
Billy Worster was a naïve teenager ill-prepared for the gruesome realities of war. The sole survivor of a deadly massacre in a Vietnamese jungle, he avoided certain death only because he ran away when the shooting started. Riddled with guilt, he comes home to a dusty Texas farm with post-traumatic stress disorder and the crazy notion that he can fly in and out of parallel worlds.
As Billy struggles with addiction and questions his sanity, he is arrested on a drug charge and ends up in the courtroom of Judge Madeline Johnston, a bitter old judge tormented by a dark secret surrounding her father’s death. She callously tosses Billy into prison, but when a greedy executor files a lawsuit to steal his inherited land, Billy is hauled back to her courtroom in chains, where a stunning twist of fate launches them into the sky on an odyssey of discovery and healing.
Spanning forty years from the jungles of Vietnam through infinite, parallel worlds, Rip the Sky examines how the power of forgiveness can lead us toward a better life, no matter how many worlds we may live in.
Mark Packard’s
Playlist to Rip the SkyLISTEN HERE FOR FREE ON SPOTIFY!
(SPOTIFY ACCOUNT REQUIRED TO LISTEN OR REGISTER FOR FREE!)“Run Through the Jungle” by Creedence Clearwater Revival
“Universal Here, Everlasting Now” by The Fireman
“Go Insane” by Fleetwood Mac
“S.O.B.” by Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
“Dream Weaver” by Gary Wright
“Learning to Fly” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
“Oh My Love” by John Lennon
“Power of Gold” by Dan Fogelberg, Tim Weisberg
“Smiling Faces Sometimes” by The Undisputed Truth
“Born Under a Bad Sign” by Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Keb ‘Mo’, Rebirth Brass Band
“Way Down We Go” by KALEO
“(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” by Blue Öyster Cult
“Fix You” by Coldplay
“Within You Without You” by The Beatles
“#9 Dream” by R.E.M.
Mark Packard spent the last 38 years as a trial attorney and is now retired from the courtroom and working as a mediator. In a life before lawyering he was a journalist and regrets waiting far too long before returning to his roots to write his first novel, Rip the Sky. Though he knows he should have jumped off the merry-go-round years ago, he hopes to hang around long enough to craft a few more tales. Connect with the author:
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I LOVE this playlist and it's the perfect way to wrap up the tour. Thanks for sharing!
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ReplyDeleteGreat list - songs I recognize and can sing along with!
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