Imperfect Solitude A Novel by Tom Mahony Casperian Books, Sacramento, CA 209 pages Environmental preservation and economic development go head-to-head in this short, briskly paced novel. Evan Nellis is a greenhorn biologist, a young man, confronted with a host of complications in his life, including the recent death of his father. Working full-time, earning wages that won’t cover his expenses, and caring for his seemingly hypochondriac mother, Nellis strives to get ahead while wrestling with the mysterious circumstances surrounding…