Brendan Mallory

But It's for Charity! Brendan Mallory

"As the Catholic nun's fist slams into the side of my face, sending a mouthful of blood and spit spraying across the wrestling mat, I start to wonder if I've made some poor life choices..."During her senior year of high school, Claire Murphy survived one of the most traumatic events of her life when an insane classmate shot up her school in a perverse attempt to prove his love for her. Several of Claire's classmates, however-including her best friend Amanda-did not survive. Two years later, in her second year of college, Claire is trying to return to some semblance of a normal life, even while the shadow of her past continues to hang over her. But when Claire finds herself desperately in need of money to pay for a memorial to the friends she lost, she finds herself smooth-talked into joining an underground fighting ring with a hefty cash prize. Now, Claire's physical and mental health are rapidly degrading, her friends are leaving her, and she may or may not be having hallucinations, but she can't let herself stop fighting. She needs the money, she needs to show the world she can't be beaten down again, and now that so many people have fallen to her in the ring, Claire has the taste of blood in her mouth... and she likes it.