A degenerate anti-hero for this post-post-modern age of cynicism, Rick Thompson feels like he has missed the train, that America's best days are behind him. In this novel that spans the dark side of modern Americana, Rick struggles to stay clean on the streets of a New York City ravaged by The Sickness, a drug epidemic out of control and of conspiratorial proportions. His investigative journalism career seems to have hit a dry spell until Rick stumbles onto a case that he believes ties the biggest corporation in the state to the epidemic, which could lead not only to the greatest story of his career but might also be the answer to curing all those afflicted around him. That is until his ex shows up to his apartment with something that will bring them deeper into this conspiracy than he could have ever wanted.

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Private Destiny highlights just how easily the American mind seems to fall prey to the delusion and convenience of conspiracy and tells a story that shows how, in a world without meaning, grief can lead a weak man to make up his own. It's crime, conspiracy, sex, drugs, societal critique, and psychological reflection bundled in the dark humor of a pulp shell.