Freedom Blues and American Soul is a fascinating first novela millennial's take on Catcher in the Ryeby a twenty-three-year-old writer. Set in Florida, it is a mercilessly disturbing and thought-provoking portrait of Twenty First Century America. A law student, Milo, hitches a ride with Virgil, a mysterious man of questionable origins. As Milo seeks answers to questions of purpose in his life, he meets a manic-depressive movie star, a hopeless one-eyed guitarist, and 'the most beautiful woman on earth.' Milo's trip quickly dives into a hurricane of supernatural woes. Through mansions, ghettos, and a satanic ritual, Milo begins to consider the fate of his own soul. A relentless snapshot of religion and the American dream in an age of debt and greed, Knial Piper takes the reader on a nihilistic ride through the past, present, and future. Freedom Blues and the American Soul captures the voices of a generations.