THE FLESH IS WEAK

Roget, the young priest, knew that the flesh was weak. But he had his Faith to sustain him. Then, in one terrible flame-filled interlude, he showed cowardice in battle and was stripped of his dignity as a man. And when confronted with temptation in the form of the sultry and attractive missionary’s wife, he had no defenses to fall back upon.
The Place of Jackals is a major novel by an exciting new writer that will grip you to the very end.

“Mr. Hardy has caught the dark night of the spirit with insight, compassion and understanding … a splendid first novel.”

-The Commonweal

“A vivid, powerful novel that bares the naked brutality of war and the naked immorality of passion with a married woman … ”
-Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser