Series: Fosterling Series
Book # & Title: Book One: The Never-Born Fosterling
Genre: Literary Fiction
Status: Editing
Release Date: ???
Length: 142k words - 34 Chapters
Mamoru Chokichi was always a person of unyielding benevolence to the point of naiveté, even toward those considered irredeemable by the rest of society. This disposition led him to become the head psychologist of Crow’s Nest in an attempt at salvaging the lives of individuals whom everyone else had given up on.
In comes his toughest case: Faulklin, an undersized, volatile youth convicted of mass murder, believing all of humankind worthy only of extinction. Complicating matters, the boy lacks any other record to suggest he was ever born.
Suspect to being a victim of abuse and human trafficking, Mamoru works closely with the foul-mouthed, physically scarred, and emotionally unstable adolescent in hope of uncovering the boy’s origins, derailing his twisted logic, and giving him the chance at a healthy future. On account that Faulklin distrustfully wants nothing to do with him, it’s much easier said than done.
Their tentative relationship is tested many times over, facing betrayal both perceived and legitimate, tragedy, and relapse while trying to uncover a deep-rooted past Faulklin believes better left unknown and buried. Even while he is persistently haunted by unhelpfully opaque waking memories and brutally vivid nightmares.
In his endeavors to rescue what he can from Faulklin’s shattered life, Mamoru struggles between his obligations of professionalism and an overt, paternal weakness to assure a happy ending. A struggle that may risk ending his career in the process, but what could equally determine the loss of a life that could be saved.
A loss that Mamoru is not willing to allow.
Book # & Title: Book One: The Never-Born Fosterling
Genre: Literary Fiction
Status: Editing
Release Date: ???
Length: 142k words - 34 Chapters
Mamoru Chokichi was always a person of unyielding benevolence to the point of naiveté, even toward those considered irredeemable by the rest of society. This disposition led him to become the head psychologist of Crow’s Nest in an attempt at salvaging the lives of individuals whom everyone else had given up on.
In comes his toughest case: Faulklin, an undersized, volatile youth convicted of mass murder, believing all of humankind worthy only of extinction. Complicating matters, the boy lacks any other record to suggest he was ever born.
Suspect to being a victim of abuse and human trafficking, Mamoru works closely with the foul-mouthed, physically scarred, and emotionally unstable adolescent in hope of uncovering the boy’s origins, derailing his twisted logic, and giving him the chance at a healthy future. On account that Faulklin distrustfully wants nothing to do with him, it’s much easier said than done.
Their tentative relationship is tested many times over, facing betrayal both perceived and legitimate, tragedy, and relapse while trying to uncover a deep-rooted past Faulklin believes better left unknown and buried. Even while he is persistently haunted by unhelpfully opaque waking memories and brutally vivid nightmares.
In his endeavors to rescue what he can from Faulklin’s shattered life, Mamoru struggles between his obligations of professionalism and an overt, paternal weakness to assure a happy ending. A struggle that may risk ending his career in the process, but what could equally determine the loss of a life that could be saved.
A loss that Mamoru is not willing to allow.
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Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1: Patient 127
Chapter 2: Feral Dog
Chapter 3: Testing the Waters
Chapter 4: Breaking the Ice
Chapter 5: Journey of a Thousand Miles
Chapter 6: Stepping Stone
Chapter 7: Reluctance
Chapter 8: For the Souls that Cry
Chapter 9: The Unanswered Question
Chapter 10: Unforeseen Events
Chapter 11: Aftermath
Chapter 12: Direction
Chapter 13: Out of Reach
Chapter 14: Short of the Mark
Chapter 15: Voice of Unreason
Chapter 16: One Step Closer
Chapter 17: Bittersweet Memory
Chapter 18: Protector
Chapter 19: Relapse
Chapter 20: Mistakes and Regrets
Chapter 21: The Vicious Cycle of Payback
Chapter 22: Square One
Chapter 23: Discontent Agreements
Chapter 24: Proposals and Rodent Wheels
Chapter 25: Promises, Promises
Chapter 26: Both Sides of Battle
Chapter 27: Jeopardize
Chapter 28: Concrete Nature
Chapter 29: Not the Same Caretakers
Chapter 30: Second Home
Chapter 31: Crossroad
Chapter 32: I Vow
Chapter 33: Little Things for Granted
Prologue
Chapter 1: Patient 127
Chapter 2: Feral Dog
Chapter 3: Testing the Waters
Chapter 4: Breaking the Ice
Chapter 5: Journey of a Thousand Miles
Chapter 6: Stepping Stone
Chapter 7: Reluctance
Chapter 8: For the Souls that Cry
Chapter 9: The Unanswered Question
Chapter 10: Unforeseen Events
Chapter 11: Aftermath
Chapter 12: Direction
Chapter 13: Out of Reach
Chapter 14: Short of the Mark
Chapter 15: Voice of Unreason
Chapter 16: One Step Closer
Chapter 17: Bittersweet Memory
Chapter 18: Protector
Chapter 19: Relapse
Chapter 20: Mistakes and Regrets
Chapter 21: The Vicious Cycle of Payback
Chapter 22: Square One
Chapter 23: Discontent Agreements
Chapter 24: Proposals and Rodent Wheels
Chapter 25: Promises, Promises
Chapter 26: Both Sides of Battle
Chapter 27: Jeopardize
Chapter 28: Concrete Nature
Chapter 29: Not the Same Caretakers
Chapter 30: Second Home
Chapter 31: Crossroad
Chapter 32: I Vow
Chapter 33: Little Things for Granted