A YOUNG BOY AND HIS GRANDFATHER ARE CAUGHT UP IN A RING OF ORGANIZED CRIME AND TEENAGE SEX TRAFFICKING WHEN TRYING TO RESCUE A YOUNG GIRL THEY DISCOVERED IN THE SWAMP LANDS OF LOUISIANA
Little did Billy know that this first chance encounter would lead to a long-term relationship and journey into the cruel and criminal world of organized crime. She was a beautiful young teenage girl who was raised in the Garden District of New Orleans but had fallen on bad times after the murder of her father and subsequent death of her mother. Lillie found herself pregnant by her abusive uncle who had stripped away all the family wealth and belongings. She was placed in an orphanage; a church facility called The Mission. The Mission operated under the guise of a legitimate boarding home for unwed mothers though it was ran by an Organized Crime Syndicate providing human sex trafficking and illegal adoption..
"Thank you, Captain Billy...the story is riveting and emotional right down to the core...You had me on the introduction of Lillie--a strong yet fragile victim of sex trafficking who is a survivor! Her story is one of many women Captain Billy describes with sensitivity and understanding. Thank you!"--Susan Hickerson, Licensed Therapist and Actress credited in Jodie Foster's film Nell
"Honey Island is a compelling story that draws you in from the beginning and keeps you on the edge of your seat. The descriptions of life on the Louisiana swamp have obviously been written by a person with an intimate knowledge of the region and the language. A beautiful coming of age story, beautifully written by William Fuqua. Get this book."--Miss Joan Marie Moossy-Writer, Actress, Filmmaker
"Honey Island has...the feeling of rolling train wheels, carrying you forwards through adventures imbibed in Louisiana charm captured by a child outgrowing childhood. I started envisioning Billy as Tom Sawyer's great grandson, some mixture of a dreamer and a pragmatist...and I started longing to meet this sweet and mysterious place one day!"--Gratiela Zbarcea, MD Psychiatrist, Western Maryland Health System in Cumberland, Maryland. Chair Department of Behavioral Health.
"Captain Billy has finally written one of his stories--a "tour de force"! It is a must read."--Alice Reese, Moveable Feast Book Club
"WOW...I sense the story is based on embellished experiences lived by William and his grandfather!"--Mary Hicks President and CEO of Arizona Bay Production. Mother of Bill Hicks Comedian
"A delightful and thrilling first effort from a writer whose lifelong familiarity with the backwaters of the Louisiana bayou comes bubbling to the top like wonderful gumbo...a coming of age story for a young Louisiana boy who stumbles upon a terrifying and life-threatening criminal enterprise and evil. You will discover Honey Island" to be a can't put it down page turner that careens to a startling ending. For those of you who enjoy the Dave Robichaud novels of James Lee Burke, this is another one to pick up."--Roger Newman, Author Occam's Razor, What Becomes and Two Drifters
