Full Moon Dreams — Michael J. Cooper

Eddie Carlton is a successful building contractor in Jacksonville, Florida. He is well respected, happily married and in demand. Then, in his mid-life, his wife dies from cancer, the economy collapses, he gets sued for the first time in his life, his girl friend is stolen by his lawyer and, to top it off, he then falls in love with the lawyers ex-wife. The litigation consumes him, his disintegrating business overwhelms him and his love life tips him over the edge. He finds himself retreating into confusion and uncertainties that are mitigated by dreams and fantasies. All of the players in this drama finally meet in the trial of the lawsuit with disasterous consequences.