Loud Silence

Micah Harlan leaves home as a teenager after almost killing his sister's boyfriend. Alone on the streets with only a few bucks and a backpack of a few things, Micah must start a new life for himself. Only being sixteen and seeing no way to start on his own, his luck changes when he meets Walter, a shady man outside his motel room. Now after years of the life Walter presented, he wants to find a way out, if he wants to spend the rest of it with a girl he met at a party. Micah must fight to quit his addictions he's developed over the years and learn to accept his challenges in order to defeat them. Filled with addiction, complications, love, and determination, Micah must find a way to fight his demons, past and present, in order to survive and provide a life for his new family.

Rachael Jesko is a former student at Jefferson Morgan High School. At a young age she realized her dream of becoming a published fiction author. She has two older brothers and lives with her mother in a small town in Pennsylvania. Rachael loves reading, writing, painting, and all animals. This is her first novel.