Success and Failure

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Success and Failure Success and Failure

Author: John Stevenson

Category: Fiction

Published: 2013

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Nicholas snatches success from failure, but as the celebrations begin the Marshal reveals his ultimate weapon...Jerusalem, 1989: After his best friend dies of a drug overdose, a Georgia Tech student walks away from his life, eventually winding up in the ancient and narrow streets of Jerusalem during the first Palestinian Intifada. At the crossroads of most of the world's major religions and conflicts, Charles merely wants to submerge himself in work and discovery of a different culture, but every step takes him back toward himself.This is an early short story written by Charles Sheehan-Miles, author of the surprise indie bestseller Republic: A Novel of America's Future. Originally written in 1989 while the author was living in the Old City of Jerusalem, this is the first time the story has been released to the public.