Alter Boys

When Father Gus molested Corky at age four, dad didn't have the guts to prosecute and his mentally ill mom ignored it. Corky found a safe place in his head and hid there. He barely survives the destruction of his childhood and lands in the psych ward right before high-school graduation. Corky's first act after discharge is to find the bastard who ruined his life.Through the anonymity of the confessional, Corky confesses, in grisly detail, molesting a little boy 15 years ago. The description is familiar--too familiar--to the priest on the other side of the grille.The penitent whispers that he has one more sin to reveal: Everything he just confessed is a lie. He didn't do those things, but he knows who did.By the end of the night one of the two, penitent or pedophile, will be dead.A work of fiction culled from major life events, Alter Boys is the third book and first novel by Nebraska author Chuck Stepanek.