Discover What Living On the Edge Was Like for This Man -- New Book Traces the Life and Times of the Author


SEATTLE, Sept. 29, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Philosophers maintain that the goal of life is to gain wisdom, and the unexamined life is not worth living. And with aging comes the ability to accept ourselves as who we are. This is the lesson that drives a morbid journey into the humanity and insights of author William Marten as Xlibris releases his new book A Killer of Serial Women: A True Story.

A Killer of Serial Women is a lively portrayal about living on the edge as seen through the life and times of the author, from his childhood to adulthood. It traces Marten's path from the young kid who became fixated on a drawing of Prometheus tortured by an eagle, through the young adult tortured by desires for sexual release based on physical suffering, to an almost mythical ordeal through which he learns compassion and acceptance. Marten's life story offers readers the rare opportunity to experience a side of life very few people know. With extraordinary honesty, intelligence, clarity, and humor, this book shows us that even people we think of as other, as alien, share our common humanity.

About the Author

William Marten is a writer and artist currently living in Seattle, Washington.



               A Killer of Serial Women * by William Marten
                              A True Story
                    Publication Date: August 29, 2008
           Trade Paperback; $19.99; 241 pages; 978-1-4363-4305-3
           Cloth Hardback; $29.99; 241 pages; 978-1-4363-4306-0

To request a complimentary paperback review copy, contact the publisher at (888) 795-4274 x. 7479. Tear sheets may be sent by regular or electronic mail to Marketing Services. To purchase copies of the book for resale, please fax Xlibris at (610) 915-0294 or call (888) 795-4274 x. 7876.

For more information, contact Xlibris at (888) 795-4274 or on the web at www.Xlibris.com.



            

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