James R. Cowley

Michael, a war veteran, grapples with a heavy conscience as his relationship with his wife and family deteriorates. Unable to stay home, reminded of his pain at every corner, he seeks solitude on a beach, only to meet a girl who offers him a gift that helps him confront his past.

Bitten by the plagued, The Fool must pull himself together, brick by brick, to become a Golden Hero.

An East Vancouver nihilist finds new purpose after restoring a race bicycle salvaged from the trash. When a crooked dealer, aware of the bike's true value, steals it, our anti-hero becomes trapped in a relentless pursuit, navigating Vancouver’s underbelly to reclaim his ride—or risk slipping back into the garbage heap of nihilism.