The Return Trip
What goes around …
NEW! 2nd Edition
The Return Trip
Newsman Ray James sets out to explain how Americans came to elect Donald Trump, but answers don’t come easy when he’s running for his life. In the 2nd Edition of The Return Trip, author C. Michael Byrne spins his tale of political intrigue, spiritual awakening and the search for truth through different lenses and voices, enriching the characters and story.
This novel began with a search for New Dharma Bums, tracking down modern U.S. masters of Tai Chi and other Taoist martial arts, on the road a la Jack Kerouac. Those stories are part of this adventure. The journey continues.
Coming This Year
Hard Times on Choctaw Creek
New historical fiction by
C. Michael Byrne
In 1976, an oil embargo by a cartel of Arab states, combined with anti-Israel terrorism around the world, cast a shadow over the bicentennial celebration of the birth of a nation. Some of the same forces are at play today, on the eve of our 250th anniversary, with a war with Iran and soaring gas prices. Back then, a returning Vietnam War veteran struggled to get his bearings in his hometown amid family dysfunction and a compulsion to get away from it all. Biding his time with a summer job and a new girlfriend, he is caught up in a labor dispute that he helped cultivate. With a community in chaos, hope arrives with a beaming Jimmy Carter riding through the streets amid cheers and celebration, and a new evangelical twist to old-time religion.
