Fitness guru Kweli Taglia is starting a new community on his own private island. But to get in you need more than just an impressive BMI. You need fire in your soul. When Dave joins the staff of Blue Wave Cruises, he doesn't realize it's setting out on a four-year journey to escape the presidency of Donald Trump. But he soon learns the cost of not doing your research. MegaMix nutritional corporation wants to control the galactic food trade. But the CEO has a big problem: his son isn't interested and has no heir to take over. A new AI counseling service comes under review after leading to a rash of suicides. Investigator Sven Darklake needs to get to the bottom of things, especially since his brother is one of the victims. A famous actor undergoing a humiliating scandal comes back to his hometown where he hopes to stay incognito. Then he meets his high school ex-girlfriend (and her new fiancé). Welcome to Hot Springs, Arkansas in the heady days of 1928. Young baseball prodigy Jack Wdowiński thought the meanest curveballs he'd face were on the field. But when he makes a raw deal with the wrong kind of people, he quickly learns that some pitches are best left alone. A difficult canoe trip changes a young boy's life and shifts his outlook on what it means to be a man. These 17 Tales of Tragedy and Triumph take the reader through the Olympian highs and subterranean lows of life with unexpected laughter and tears along the way.