Sci-fi

The Samaritan

by Fred Venturini
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Description

Dale Sampson is a nobody. A small town geek who lives in the shadow of his best friend, the high school baseball star, it takes him years to even gather the courage to actually talk to a girl. It doesn't go well. Then, just when he thinks there's a glimmer of hope for his love life, he loses everything. When Dale runs into the twin sister of the girl he loved and lost, he finds his calling—he will become a samaritan. Determined to rescue her from a violent marriage, and redeem himself in the process, he decides to use the only "weapon" he has—besides a toaster. His weapon, the inexplicable ability to regenerate injured body parts, leads him to fame and fortune as the star of a blockbuster TV reality show where he learns that being The Samaritan is a heartbreaking affair. Especially when the one person you want to save doesn't want saving.

What it’s like

ViolenceGraphic
CombatIncidental
HorrorCreepy
SpiceFade-to-Black
ProfanityMild

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Details

First published
January 11, 2011
Pages
214
Reading time
About 4 hours
Format
Novel
Publisher
Blank Slate Press
ISBN
9780982880616
Series
Standalone

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