MECHANICSBURG, Pa. -- Sunbury Press has released "Return to the Valley," Terry Ray's fifth installment in "The Crossers" series. About the Book: Return to the Valley picks up the story, ten years after the conclusion of the epic American Classic Series, Crossing the Valley. The main character, Marty Chapman, has settled into a happy, normal, family life as a college professor in a small town in Kansas and seems to have finally found contentment. As in the original series, however, Marty is not destined for such a life. This continuing epic, once again, traverses the complete spectrum of human emotions and life experiences that will leave the reader transfixed and in awe. This story winds its way through romantic love and family bliss, to the revealing inside story of the treacherous, back-stabbing, real world of university faculty, to pure evil, blackmailing co-eds, homicide and the anatomy of a sensational murder trial, to heroism and betrayal, and the evolution of a new and quickly growing religion that is changing the world forever. If you are the type of reader who wants to become thoroughly engrossed in a novel and left pondering some of the fundamental questions of life and death, Return to the Valley will wonderfully fulfill your reading niche. Excerpt: May 15, 2004 With his eyes on the sidewalk, Marty Chapman quickly crossed the quad and entered Watson Hall. His stomach was churning emptiness into nausea, having not contained food since yesterday at noon. He climbed to the third floor then walked the worn corridor carpet to Ken Broderick's office. He was dizzy from anxiety and lack of sleep and was experiencing a disconcerting out-of-body sensation. Ken looked up from his newspaper and was taken aback by Marty's appearance as he passed through the open door. "Jesus, Marty . . . you look like shit . . . what's the matter?" Marty didn't respond with his usual sardonic retort but instead moved in silence to his designated lunch-hour-chat chair. He sat down and stared between his feet at the beige, coffee-stained rug for a few seconds, then looked up at Ken with nervous eyes. Ken waited for Marty to speak. He didn't. He kept licking his lips and trying to swallow. After a few more long seconds, Ken spoke. "What happened, Marty?" Marty's gaze intensified with alternating shades of guilt, shame, and fear. Without answering, he walked over to the open door and closed it. After doing so, he paused and took a few deep breaths through his nose, then, with a lowered head, humped shoulders, and hands in his pockets, he returned to his chair and swallowed a few more times in an attempt to lubricate his dry throat. He looked up at the ceiling, with his head moving side to side then, lowering his face, he looked directly at Ken and crossed his arms across his chest to hug himself. Ken could see he was quivering. Marty felt very sick. "Oh Jesus, Ken . . . oh Jesus." "What . . . what is it?" "Oh man . . . what am I gonna do . . . what am I gonna do?" Marty was rocking forward and back in his chair and speaking more to himself than to Ken, so Ken waited in silence for the continuation of the soliloquy. It resumed after a rather long silence. Return to the Valley Authored by Terry Ray List Price: $16.95 6" x 9" (15.24 x 22.86 cm) Black & White on Cream paper 226 pages Sunbury Press, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-1620066898 ISBN-10: 1620066890 BISAC: Fiction / Visionary & Metaphysical Available on Kindle For more information, please see: http://www.sunburypressstore.com/The-Crossers-Book-5-Retu...