Anamorphous

Ronald Gowrie?s Anamorphous explores the depths of depravity to which one man will sink in pursuit of revenge after years of systematic abuse. In late 1980?s Cape Town the accomplished, intelligent and seemingly composed thirty-something, Titus Ambrose is on the verge of carnage. His father died before he was even born, and a childhood spent grappling with his own shaky sense of self has been further ravaged by a series of horrendous abuses. He has worked hard to conceal his worsening mental instability, to subdue the anger he has internalized as he tries to create a healthy, normal life for himself. But an innocuous event is set to lift the lid on Titus?s uncontrollable rage. By sheer chance he stumbles across a photograph of a particular individual on the internet. Gripped by emotion and terror, Titus recognizes him instantly as one of two men who brutally assaulted him as a fourteen year old during a stay in hospital, and he immediately embarks upon an ambitious and shocking quest for vengeance. Anamorphous, Ronald Gowrie?s first novel, is a chilling account of one man?s psychotic agenda, an example of how a normal human mind can become warped through violence and sexual cruelty. One potential victim quickly leads Titus to another, and with exceptional almost animalistic cunning, he soon amasses a series of ignorant targets, taking readers on a journey of unimaginable terror, through dramatic twists and turns, as he seeks to establish the true currency of revenge. Fast moving and stylishly written, Gowrie?s heart-racing novel is a must read for suspense fans who will be captivated by its intelligence, its inventiveness, its driving urgency and the appalling nature of the crimes of its anti-hero, Titus Ambrose.