Sublime

like any good crisis point it forces Michael to confront his earlier actions.

nepotistic

a flawed, conflicted hero goes on a journey to become whole,

Bleak and daunting as the scene appeared, it stimulated his mind as did no other. Pressing him from every direction were tales more exciting than any the magazines dared publish, stories enervated with lunatic violence and blackguards brought to no lawful comeuppance. Here were tragedies of hearth and home more cathartic than the saddest work of Di

He could only relax when he was completely alone, but being alone reminded Chris of how desperately unfulfilled he felt.

At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter Matthiessen

covetous

consorting with those who, too, cultivated self-eradication.