PIOUS

When Ian Kaplan, a registered sex-offender who has some idea of Carpious’s past, moves into the community of Mechi Lane, the homeowners’ association “volunteers” Carpious to compel Ian to put his house back on the market and leave. Carpious doesn’t want to turn down the request, but can he take the chance that Ian might start telling everyone about his past?

While Carpious struggles to maintain his idyllic life, his addict ex-wife resurfaces, attempting to extort money from him. Desperate, she threatens to expose his past to everyone if he doesn’t comply to her demands.

As Carpious’s composure begins to spiral out of control, a murder takes place and all that he has built begins to topple. Will the consequences of new sins expose the old ones?

Kenn Bivins is an art director at the advertising agency JWT in Atlanta. He has worked as an illustrator and designer in many mediums that include comics, magazines, animation, and interactive media. Even though his background is layered in the arts, Kenn has always been a writer.
He states, “Even if I’m simply illustrating a cat, there is a story in my head about that cat – how he moves, why his tail is so bushy, whether he sleeps on a windowsill or under a bed, and so on. Words aren’t the only means to tell a story.” PIOUS is his first novel.