He was built to be a hero-- tall, athletic and handsome. Jack Miller seemingly had the world at his feet. As an upperclassman in college, he enjoyed everything the campus had to offer: freedom, creativity, few responsibilities and girls...lots of beautiful co-eds. He relished his simple world of a few close friends, family and sports. However, one night at a popular campus bar with his friends would change his life forever and catapult him in to a dangerous complex society that he was wholly unprepared to meet. As a witness to several horrific murders, Jack's comfortable existence is threatened and he is forced to face unimaginable truths. Throughout his life, Jack had seen himself as the 'hero' figure based on popular cultural beliefs of the ideal physical man. However, when he meets a girl who draws him into a dark and dangerous world, Jack's comfortable existence is threatened and his conception of himself as a hero is challenged. He must learn what it really means to be a hero, and what truly causes a person to act heroically or cowardly. "The Coward" is a fast-paced thriller that urges the reader to follow Jack through difficult transitional phases of self-indulgence to self-sacrifice and real love. Jack's formidable trek into the criminal underworld and on the run, will compel the reader to explore the complexities of courage and cowardice.