title: Man Versus Himself: a novel
author: Erik Keith Benson
description: Erik Benson lives in Seattle, Washington, where he has been working at small and large Internet companies for five years. He maintains a personal site at erikbenson.com, and a website for this book at manversushimself.net.
zlib_text: > The Other Man's Son
  
  > Steve Trafford
  
  Copyright © 2021 Steve Trafford
  
  All rights reserved  
    
  The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any
  similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended
  by the author.  
    
  No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or
  transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
  recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher.  
    
  Cover design by Pete Jacobs
  
  >  _Thanks especially to Elizabeth Mansfield for all her work in editing and
  > producing this book._  
  >  _Thanks also to: Beatrix Campbell, Angela Curran, Dr Elissa Guralnick, Tim
  > Hughes, Rose Ive, Pete Jacobs, Liz Jacobs, Gillian Lacey, Paul. M. Levitt,
  > David Lusted and Dr Sarah Mansfield._  
  >
  
  > Contents
  
    
  
  Title Page
  
  Copyright
  
  Dedication
  
  Prologue
  
  CHAPTER 1
  
  CHAPTER 2
  
  CHAPTER 3
  
  CHAPTER 4
  
  CHAPTER 5
  
  CHAPTER 6
  
  CHAPTER 7
  
  CHAPTER 8
  
  CHAPTER 9
  
  CHAPT