The Golden Boat

By Paul Hina

M wakes up in a field with no signs of life around him. He has no memory of where he is or who he is, and there are no clues in sight. By experiencing his memories— uncovered a little at a time—he starts to make sense of his life. Visitors from his past, including a mystery woman in a dress made of golden light, guide him through this afterlife, show him how his dying consciousness designed this world to help him come to terms with the life he lived and the person he would become. Through these visions and visitors, particularly through the memories of his past loves, M fully uncovers the life he lived. Now, he must choose where this life tells him to go next.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Paul Hina
• Release date: Sep 25, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463227589

Paul Hina

Paul Hina is the author of eight novels including Imeros, Let it Snow, and Double Play. His eighth novel, The Other Shore, was released in March 2016 with the story From the Boathouse in a single volume, The Other Shore: Two Stories of Love and Death. The Lavender Haze: Three Stories of Flirting with an Affair is his most recent release and includes three new stories. Hina has also published four collections of poetry including Such Deliberate Loveliness, Of Wanting and Rain, Origami Moonlight and Music Only We Know. Paul currently lives in Athens, Ohio with his wife, Sarah, and their two children.

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