Publisher's Synopsis
The Counselor: An unlikely stranger walks into a dying town in the old west. Severe drought has brought the remaining residents to the point of desperation. The Counselor, a strange and slightly deformed old man, offers his counsel and advice. But is all advice worth heeding?
The Failure: Carl Watkins was always a wannabe who never was. A life of failure found him living in a one-room dump in a building full of losers. Then, one day, the opportunity for fame came his way. Perceived opportunities, however, don't always work out as planned. Welcome to Creelyville: Slick Rick was on the run. Police were on the hunt for him after a failed robbery attempt. After racing through Pidgeon Forge and Gatlinburg, Tennessee, he needed to get off the main road and followed an old, half-hidden road that led, to his surprise, to a town like nothing he had ever seen before. He might just wish that he hadn't. seen this one.