A Death on the Wolf

"The summer I turned sixteen I shot a man." With that simple declaration,

Nelson Gody begins his story of the summer of 1969 and the events that would

change his life forever.

Nelson lives with his widower father and his five-year-old sister on their

small farm outside Bells Ferry, Mississippi. It's an idyllic world grounded in

family and friendship, a world full of farm chores and lazy afternoons

swimming in the Wolf River with Frankie, his best friend.

Things begin to change when Nelson finds himself falling in love with Mary

Alice, the blind orphan spending the summer with his aunt. While dealing with

the emotional rollercoaster of first love, Nelson learns the secret his best

friend has been harboring (he's gay and his alcoholic father beats him for it)

and nearly trashes his life-long friendship with Frankie. Just when it seems

the two boys have worked it all out, saving their friendship, a mysterious

stranger comes to town on an exotic motorcycle and interjects himself into

their world, giving Frankie the chance to explore his burgeoning sexuality--

with horrific consequences. Capped by the devastation of Hurricane Camille, no

one escapes unscathed from those six weeks in the summer of '69.

Told with narrative drive that pulls you completely into the story, A Death on

the Wolf is an uncompromising coming of age tale full of hard-hitting issues

which are tackled head-on with courage; not only by the author, but by the

characters he's created. "Real, gritty, heartwarming, with characters and a

setting you can see, feel, and taste" (The Kindle Book Review), Nelson's

unvarnished fictional memoir will introduce you to a time and place that is no

more--and yet shows how courage, love, and friendship are timeless concepts in

the face of life's trials and tribulations.