2003 — In October 2002, I followed the news of the D.C. sniper attacks—random shootings from a van a few blocks away. What stayed with me after the arrests wasn't the body count or the mechanics of the setup. It was a single question: What if it wasn't random?
The Marksman
Can a single human connection puncture a lifetime of psychopathy?
Caleb has spent twelve years as a long-range marksman for a rural crime clan. He was taken in as a kid, fed, trained, and turned into a weapon. For most of his life, that seemed like a fair trade.
Then someone from his past reappears—someone he wasn’t supposed to care about. Everything after that goes downhill very fast.
A taut, unsettling novella about loyalty, family, and the narrow space between obedience and choice.