The Edge of Days is a psychological suspense story about purpose and identity. Mickey Newman, an academic driven to fulfill his desires, encounters Karisa Campbell, a college student with a damaged past. Mickey's wife, Brooke Worthington, a criminal defense-attorney, is thrust into defending a dangerous high-profile client. Over a weekend, their secrets intertwine into a web of deception, legal twists and murder. Mickey and Brooke are drawn into confrontation. Their lives and those of all whom they care about are at stake. Set in Miami on the eve of the Millennium, the novel tells the story of Mickey Newman, a professor of comparative religion and mythology at the University of Miami. A popular yet brooding teacher on campus, Mickey explores the integration of East and West, sexuality and religion. His signature course is Instant Karma: Tantra in the Western World. Privately, Mickey is driven to overcome his depression and to more fully integrate his personality. He believes esoteric sexual practices with a willing partner will help him become whole. Brooke Worthington is an ambitious criminal defense lawyer who has recently become managing partner of a publicity-conscious boutique law firm in Coral Gables. She yearns for intimacy and struggles with secrets that would damage all that she has created. Her business partner insists that she represent a dangerous high-profile client. Brooke knows doing so will cause her to break a professional vow and relive a costly error from her past. She takes the case, believing it an opportunity to make amends. Doing so sets in motion events that reveal personal secrets far more consequential than those related to her career. Karisa Campbell is a college student who has returned to campus after having dropped out her freshman year. She enrolls in Mickey's class with an agenda to make the world right. She manipulates his desires, and turns the table to avenge a harrowing past. The Edge of Days is taut literary story-telling addressing universal themes of love, death and the consequences of choice.
