Amor Fati by Jack Smith

Amor Fati by Jack Smith

Amor Fati follows Frederick, a restless teenager whose reckless punch lands him in hot water with Horatio Dark-a man tied to the shadowy underworld. Driven by his all-consuming passion for the enigmatic Lilac, Frederick tumbles into a maze of corruption and dangerous alliances, all while confronting the possibility of fatherhood and his own wavering moral compass. Desperate to clear his name and protect Lilac, Frederick pinballs between questionable allies: a lawyer more eager to collect fees than save his client, a crooked judge demanding under-the-table payouts, and the menacing Mr. Dark, Horatio's father, whose offers of "help" come with high-stakes consequences. With every choice, Frederick finds himself further entangled in debt and deceit. Lilac, harboring her own desires and secrets, both captivates and confounds Frederick, compelling him to propose marriage even as the truth about her pregnancy remains murky. Torn between loyalty and self-preservation, Frederick fights to hold onto the idea of a better life-an upscale apartment, a fast car, and the love he craves-while everything he's built teeters on the brink of collapse. In a world ruled by ambition and backroom deals, Amor Fati crackles with moral ambiguity, driving readers to question how far they might go for the person-and the life-they want most. Jack Smith's gripping narrative thrusts us into a feverish drama of obsession and consequence, challenging us to decide who, if anyone, can be trusted when every path forward seems a step deeper into the widening darkness of the abyss.

Hog to Hog, a satirical novel by Jack Smith, received the George Garrett Fiction Award in 2007 and was published in 2008 by Texas Review Press. Southern Review, North American Review, Texas Review, X-Connect, In Posse Review, and Night Train are among the literary periodicals in which he has published pieces. Ploughshares, Georgia Review, American Book Review, Prairie Schooner, Mid-American Review, Pleiades, the Missouri Review, and Environment magazine have all published his reviews. He's had over a dozen essays published in Novel & Short Story Writer's Market, as well as over a dozen in The Writer magazine. Write and Revise for Publication: A 6-Month Strategy for Creating an Outstanding Novel and Other Works of Fiction, his creative writing book, was published by Writer's Digest Books in 2013.

Killing Me Softly, a nonfiction environmental book he coauthored, was published by Monthly Review Press in 2002. Smith co-edits The Green Hills Literary Lantern, an online literary magazine published by Truman State University, in addition to writing.

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ISBN 13	9781953136862
Title	Amor Fati
Author	Jack Smith
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pierian Springs Press
Year published	2025-05-12
Number of pages	204
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.