alcoholic, he wasn't expecting to be met at the door with a scaffold pipe. Tim Finnegan, an out of control young war veteran, is right on the edge.

After a lifetime of fighting his own demons, Ed tries to connect with Tim by sharing his harrowing tale of surviving Vietnam, alcoholism, PTSD, and the terrible act that saw him jailed. But will Tim cool down long enough to hear him out? Will Ed get a chance to show him that love conquers all?

Ed shares his heavy load, but there's one more secret left that will rock Tim to his core and change things forever.

Heart-wrenching, funny and moving, Heavy Load is the debut novel of S.E.Nethery.