Jack’s Alive

＂Brittle branches crumbled under the beast’s 1,200-pound body; shattered remnants cascaded to the ground in a shower of doom.＂ Deep in the isolated woods, Jack Kamping shares his harrowing tales of terror with an online audience. Hunted by sinister forces, Jack must rely on Professor Scott and his love for Kim to confront his inner demons. Haunted by guilt over grisly deaths, Jack battles the monstrous entity known as the Gilgamesh. When he discovers he shares its alien DNA, his quest for revenge becomes a desperate fight for survival. Amid ancient curses and modern conspiracies, Jack must harness his unique abilities to evade capture-or face a fate worse than death.

About Jerry Leake Jerry Leake is an Associate Professor of Percussion at Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory. He leads the world-rock-fusion octet Cubist that performs compositions from his acclaimed 2010 debut CD. Jerry recently released his third Cubist CD, Prominence, where African songs and melodies are woven into contemporary designs. He is a founding member of the world-music ensemble Natraj and performs with Club d’Elf and the Agbekor Society. Jerry has written eight widely used texts on North and South Indian, West African, Latin American percussion, and rhythm theory. He is former president of the Massachusetts PAS Chapter, and was a presenter of his ＂Harmonic Time＂ method at a 2011 TEDx Seminar in Cambridge, MA. He has also written over 30 articles for PAS magazine.