The Revival is the third installment in the Holly Goforth series. Holly's privileged boarding school life ended and her difficult initiation into adulthood began in Book One: The Stalking. In Book Two: The Revenge, Holly avenged betrayal by her first lover, Christopher, and discovered the shocking truth that her wealthy grandmother kept secret for so long. She was pulled into the deadly network of meth dealing and abuse in South Florida as she tried to save her brother from a drug habit. At the same time, she had to help her mother win a battle against breast cancer. Now, in The Revival, Holly is drawn into another life or death struggle, this time against a gang of sex traffickers led by a vicious kidnapper and pimp, who calls himself Major Tom. A new ally and lover, Dr. John Thomas, joins her effort to rescue "Roxanne," a teen prostitute, from the clutches of the murderous Major Tom. To succeed, Holly must break all reliance on the adults in her family and establish relationships with new allies who can support her in her quest. Like all young women, she must also explore her body and mind as she works hard to acquire the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to achieve a fair share of happiness.
J.C. Anderson is a published writer, a business development consultant, and an award-winning corporate communications manager. He is the author of seven books and more than 100 journal articles. Mr. Anderson is the founder of Amazing Adventures, Inc., a developer of role-playing, streaming video training software, and Test Central, Inc. (www.test.com). He owns the patents for administering assessments on the Internet. He is currently the managing director of Concepts & Messages, Inc. (www.conceptsandmessages.com), a developer of marketing communications tools for corporations and nonprofit enterprises. His experience includes senior management of software development, sales and marketing, advertising, skills training, public relations, and marketing communications. He is the author of two histories, "Girty: the Legend" and "Free Love: Cultivating the Garden of Eden in America," and three novels in the continuing "Holly Goforth" coming of age series, "Book One: the Stalking," "Book Two: the Revenge," and now "Book Three: The Revival." He is now completing the fourth novel in that series. He is also the author of a satirical memoir about his career in newspapers, magazines, advertising, public relations, and e-commerce, "The Wages of Gin," in response to the seemingly endless generation of professional failurists whose tiresome subject is "how the publishing industry ruined their lives," to quote a recent article in "The New Yorker, "Cry Me a River" by Giles Harvey. Mr. Anderson also authored "The Threat to Our Potable Water Supply" in collaboration with a corporate client. A synopsis of each published book may be read at http: //johncanderson.yola.com and a profile of his company is available at www.conceptsandmessages.com.
