Watercolor

Graylin Wakefield, deposed ‘It Boy’ of Seattle’s tech world, is missing. An expert backcountry hiker, Wakefield has done something completely out of character—he’s gone on a wilderness trek alone. His 10-year-old daughter is worried sick; his 14-year-old is worried she won’t get a car at 16. His ex-wife is furious—there’s finally an offer on one of their properties and she can’t close the deal without him. His powerhouse ex-father-in-law can’t wait to prove him dead; his brother regrets their rift; his father is in denial. His mother—descended of Lakota healers—is certain her son will return. None of them can find him. Wakefield has disappeared along a mysterious river with no known location. The sun is setting in the East, time is shifting backwards. He’s pushed by an unseen force into running for his life down a haunting canyon. Struggling for breath above a thundering waterfall, Wakefield suddenly crosses the border of known reality into a world of hellish desolation and divine beauty. He knows he’s on a journey of discovery, but—is it real? Has he crossed over? And if he has, will he ever be allowed to come back? In their desperate quests to find him, everyone searching for Graylin Wakefield will instead find something unexpected within themselves. Watercolor draws Past into Present and Spirit into Flesh through a fast-paced, feel-good thriller. Transformation can come in the mysterious guise of shape-shifting, or through a simple change of mind.