Texas Author Bobby Ozuna with Proud Souls.

I am a self-published author and independent book publisher. I have been working to develop my writing skills for several years, receiving recognition for my unique style and prose, rare descriptive quality and keen insight into human emotions. Late at night...when all the world is asleep....and I am plagued by the desires of my inner muse... I write. Synop: HE HAD BEEN SUMMONED BY DEATH AND LIFE AND BOTH ENTITIES WERE NOW READY TO WAGE AN EMOTIONAL WAR AND STAKE THEIR RIGHTFUL CLAIM ON JUSTIN'S SOUL. Set in the small west Texas town of Seymour—Proud Souls—is the emotional journey of one man, Justin Olerude Bower, and his pending decision to end his life or move forward with what life he has yet to live. Set six-years after the loss of his wife and son in a terrible accident, Justin wakes one morning to find a new emotion stirring within his soul, a faint glimpse of hope has awaken a desire to live coupled with a desire to know why he had to lose the most precious part of his life—his family. Proud Souls is an emotional roller-coaster ride, taking the reader from one aspect of the human psyche—sensations of hatred and discontent—to varying emotions of soft sensual arousal, laughter and relief. Our hero is accompanied on this inner journey by the town pastor, Reverend Hillard Ray Polk, the town grocer, Ralph Winslow Parison and the lovely woman dubbed town whore and head barkeep to the Hawk's Nest, Tessa Jameson. Each of these individuals were devastated and affected by the loss of Justin's wife and son six-years prior to the opening of this story and each character now suffers to live within metaphorical prisons—a church, a grocery store and a bar—and their lives parallel the struggle and pending fate of our hero, Justin Olerude Bower. Proud Souls is a thought provoking, must read, story that will leave a lasting impression on the reader. Its descriptive form will weigh heavy on the hearts and minds of its audience and the manner in which it cap