A 17-year-old boy is murdered, and a gay community chorus director and teacher is wrongly accused. The small, radically-fundamental town mounts against the alleged perpetrator, whose identity so starkly contrasts with the community's social norms, and a local defense attorney must sacrifice everything to save the man he knows is innocent. A thrilling story of good and evil, 'A New Requiem' entertains with whimsical humor while constantly pulling at the heartstrings in a call for empathy and understanding toward things different than what we are used to.
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B. Lance Jenkins. A New Requiem
Dedication
1: The Guilty Man Shall Be Judged
2: The Final Curtain
3: And Silent He Was
4: The Gay
5: Day of Wrath
6: Rex Tremendae, King of Tremendous Majesty
7: Kate Gregory
8: Braxton Jones. Prior to the Requiem
Day of the Requiem
9: How Can I Keep from Singing?
Present
10: The Worst of Sins
11: In Mercy Spare Him
12: The Mouth of the Lion. Night of the Requiem
Present
13: Let Your Light So Shine Before Men
Night of the Requiem
Present
14: Man Must Prepare for Judgment
15: Tuba Mirum
16: Omnia Potens
17: Day of Retribution. Night of the Requiem
Present
18: Day of Absolution
19: Finis
20: Lux et Veritas
Night of the Requiem
Present
21: Novum Cantabo in Requiem
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Requiem. A mass for the dead. A time of mourning. And a fitting concerto for the days ahead.
The calm before an unprecedented storm neared its end. Little did Ben Bailey know, at this moment, just how near that particular end was. The days of normalcy, validated by this typical night at the local concert hall, were numbered.
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“Rachel, you are a pathological liar and you’re convinced that this must not be your fault. I’ve done everything I can to help build a stronger marriage. This divorce will be on your hands.”
She grabbed him. “Please don’t say that word! Daddy won’t let that happen.”
