A logical-positivist philosopher, Alexander Fletcher, feels jaded as he struggles to make ends meet. He uncovers a plan to hire a live-in profound poet and ghostwriter, Wallace Baxter, a mystical writer attributing to a naive world. The profound poet’s works expands the philosopher’s success with London’s literary elite, London’s Gentlemen Poetic Club.
The philosopher’s ego inflates, leading to bold public statements that jeopardize the poet’s hidden career. The story culminates in a fierce private and public debate at a London’s Gentlemen Poetic Club. As the truth threatens to tarnish the reputations of the two men’s careers, one man has a hidden agenda for success and another man is simply looking to make decent living. But soon the poet’s decent living spirals into a dangerous, horrific nightmare.
Released November 2026 on Amazon and Lulu.