Karen Lynne Klink began reading before entering first grade and started her artistic career drawing imaginative adventures in the margins of schoolwork - which, unfortunately, few teachers appreciated. After completing her formal education at Kent State University and San Diego State, for four decades she hiked and backpacked her way through the West and parts of Mexico and Central America before settling in Tucson, Arizona, with her cat buddy, Dickens.
Adrien Villere suspects he is not like other boys. For years, he desperately locks away his feelings and fears - but eventually, tragedy and loss drive him to seek solace from his mentor, young neighbor Jacob Hart. However, Jacob’s betrayal of Adrien’s trust results in secret abuse, setting off a chain of actions from which neither Adrien’s wise sister, Bernadette, nor his closest friend, Isaac, can turn him. AT WHAT COST, SILENCE? presents two contrasting plantation families in a society where strict rules of belief and behavior are clear, and public opinion can shape an entire life.