Publisher's Synopsis
Maggie and her husband Falcon's suburban lives are comfortably routine. She stays home and takes care of their four-year-old daughter Edith, and he spends at least a third of his day working at the office. And that's the usual each day, Monday through Friday. No problems, no surprises; routinely routine.That is until Maggie's chance encounter with a stranger during a typical shopping trip. Later that evening, Maggie receives an unexpected text message, and when the unfamiliar man gets an undesired reply the young married couple soon becomes the target of vandalism and violent threats.With the intimidation escalating in hostility, will the family of three endure and survive the week as they look deeper into the man behind the message?Frederic K. Hepburn II's novella The Dean's Message shines as it reflects modern society and mirrors years past in a clever tale of resilience and resent.
