Books by T L Hershey

The Raptor family has just come through a tumultuous thirteen-year saga. Now they are moving east to Charlotte's family and a whole new set of friends and associates. Fresh off the Chippewa Indian reservation, Michael, the middle son, faces a whole new set of challenges, learning how to act in a more refined social environment. Follow him, and laugh at his hilarious foibles and misdeeds! Cringe with him at his social gaffes, and ride with him on secret night journeys to see his forbidden love. As he struggles to break his parents'' iron control on his life, he finally manages to break the paralyzing grip of fear that has haunted him so long, and face down his tormentor. The bonds of the many rules and regulations of the Mennonite church he was raised in can barely hold him as the life of cool friends, fast cars, and cute girls' calls.

Life could be beautiful and idyllic on the little Raptor farm nestled among the shady green forests and sunny meadows of the Big Timber Indian Reservation. But strange and powerful forces were tearing the tiny mission church apart at the seams. Tough and ruggedly handsome Carl Raptor with his coldly competent wife, Charlotte, were raising their small sons in this remote place where the passions and stresses were beyond Carl’s ability to cope.For the Raptor boys, the exhilarating freedom of exploring thousands of acres of wild, game-rich reservation land and thundering their horses down gravel and dirt logging roads would instantly evaporate when their father lost all control and used them to work off his white hot fits of rage. The two oldest sons seemed able to cope, but Michael, the third son, lived in near-constant fear.The beatings and torments increased as Carl’s stress levels rose, and while the welts and bruises on their small bodies healed fairly quickly, the emotional and psychological scarring of Michael’s soul would take many years to heal. This is his story.