Lamb to the Slaughter

Lamb To The Slaughter Is A Novel About Love And Courage Sin And Redemption. “Iron” Mike Mcgann 32 Years Old Is Facing The Twilight Of His Prizefighting Career. Desperate For His Future He Has Refused To Honor His Promise To His Wife To Quit The Ring And Start A Family. In Despair His Wife Madge Is Leaving Him. Rufus “Hurricane” Hilliard Mike’S Next Opponent Is The Most Menacing Presence In Prizefighting. He Has Won All 22 Of His Fights By Knockout And Is Said To Be A Former Enforcer For Something Called The Black Mafia. But Behind Rufus Hilliard’S Menacing Ring Presence Lives A Man Nobody Knows A Complex Man Who Despises His Own Image. Unexpectedly Left Alone Before His Bout With Mcgann Rufus “Hurricane” Hilliard Is Forced To Confront The Past That Haunts Him And The Future He Dreads. Charles “Charliehorse” O’Connell Rufus’S Cornerman Has Been Terrorized By A Mob Kingpin To Sabotage Him. O’Connell Who Is An Alcoholic And A Compulsive Gambler Blames Himself For The Ring Deaths Of Two Prizefighters. Trapped In A Moral Crisis Charles “Charliehorse” O’Connell Must Finally Confront His “Cardinal Sin.” Rufus “Hurricane” Hilliard Vs “Iron” Mike Mcgann Just Another Fight Shown On The Continuous Sports Network But By The Time It Is Over The Lives Of These And Many Others Will Be Forever Different.