An orphaned boy is adopted by an old rancher and his retired schoolteacher wife, deep in the Utah wilderness. Nearly self-educated thanks to a huge book collection he discovers an abandoned platinum mine. Nobody ever told him there were no such things as ghosts.
A child develops telekinesis. Many greedy folk want a part of the payoff. The boy is quite mulish, saying 'not only no, but hell no!' Things spiral out of control from there.
A seventeen year old boy has to go live with with his Aunt and cousin for a month while him mom recovers from surgery. He hasn't seen her in three years, and back then, well--scrawny and goofy. But in three years, it is amazing how much girls can change. A good stroke story about how many girls the new field goal kicker can do in the short time he is in town. Why not start with his cousin?
From a fucked-up life comes the chance to start over. Robert meets his niece Selene, and his world is forced to rebalance. Some violence, some things you may wish you'd never read. Keep an open mind.