PRE-EXISTING CONDITION - A Novel

by T.L. ORCUTT

308 pages

Molly Hawkins is a twenty-three-year-old woman in a Wiccan apprenticeship living alone east of San Diego in 2013. She meets Jake Reed, a dishonorably discharged marine. The bad boy arouses her and she conveys conflicting messages. Ambivalence prompts her into a shamanic vigil discovering the terrors of a karmic link that attempts to repeat itself.

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About the Book
Molly Mae Hawkins is a twenty-three-year-old precocious woman in a Wiccan apprenticeship. Set in 2013 she lives alone in a small cottage nestled in a mountain village east of San Diego with her two Rottweiler dogs (Hans and Gordon) and a Maltese puppy. She attends meetings that focus on the extrasensory perception of the unknown history of objects by sensory contact. Over practice sessions she grapples with repugnant reactions to three chosen objects. Alluring yet reserved, Molly meets Jake Reed, a dishonorably discharged marine who keeps his history a secret and becomes captivated by the gothic chic look-alike. Molly wants to help him get a job but betraying her gifted intuition, the bad boy with a one-track mind arouses her and she conveys conflicting messages. Her ambivalence prompts her to seek advice from Luisa Dawson, a Puerto Rican shaman who conducts ceremonies known as veladas where participants ingest psilocybin mushrooms as a sacrament to open gates of the mind. During an all-night ritual, Molly discovers the terrors of a past life that show a horrific link between her and Jake in their former lives—a karmic link that attempts to repeat itself.
Reviews
"T.L. Orcutt has written a delightfully offbeat story about a girl who practices witchcraft and drifts into a complicated relationship with a guy who is an ex-Marine. Past life memories, psychic healing, and sexual karma lace the adventure. Some readers might not take these beliefs seriously, but it matters because Pre-existing Condition will weave a spell of its own and keep you entranced until the very last page.” - STANLEY KRIPPNER, PH.D., CO-AUTHOR, VARIETIES OF ANOMALOUS EXPERIENCE “T.L. Orcutt has once again woven a remarkably transporting tale of haunting, metaphysical intrigue as seamlessly and gracefully as an eagle soaring on thermals stalking his prey. And his prey is…..us." - TALKS WITH CROWS, OWNER, FAHRENHEIT 451 BOOKS, CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA
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Echo of Death by T.L. ORCUTT An evil ghost haunts a hard-working UPS driver with trouble discriminating realities from previews of upcoming events. The ghost resorts to terrors against the people who harmed her in life. After visiting a medium and street diviner, our hero embarks on the services of an afterworld-sorcerer who teaches him the ways of astral flight and battle. HUNTER OF ILLUSIONS by T.L. ORCUTT Detective Mateo Rodriquez is a crack-shot investigator shepherding La Jolla, California. Lifeguards find film actress Catalina Braxton dead, hands bound behind her back. While her death looks like a homicide, the coroner rules it a suicide.

About the Author
	T.L. ORCUTT is an American author of three earlier novels and four nonfiction books. A former professional psychologist, professor, and US Navy Lieutenant, Orcutt graduated from United States International University, San Diego with a Ph.D. degree in Human Behavior. Orcutt is a Regular Member of the Authors Guild.