He Runs with Lions
A new short novel from Joseph Anderson
A warrior sings within you. In your soul. Through the ages.
He's looking for the one that got away. She wants adventure. Brett's just along for the ride.
Twenty-three year old, fed up startup worker, Jake, quits his job in California and decides to go on a road trip with his best friend, Brett. Although they're just looking for adventure, Jake also has a mission in mind. Meanwhile, Jake's old friend and Brett's ex-high school sweetheart, Jess, mixes things up when she joins them. It's supposed to be an American road trip for the ages. The only problem is, Jess and Jake have a secret. And there's going to be hell to pay if Brett finds out.
"He Runs with Lions” is a coming of age story about finding true purpose, navigating complicated relationships and discovering love.
From Chapter 5 – Kangaroo Lake
“Though I was perfectly content in that moment to think about Jess, and perfectly content to lie alone on the mountaintop on that raft, it became painfully present to my mind that in all of the world, there was no time for anything, that it passed, and that time passing was the only thing I could rely on in the world, and that, just as any one thing might so needlessly end, this moment would surely end. I started swimming slowly and gently towards the rocks. When I got there, I emerged from the water without shame, born back into a state of grace that had once existed in nature.”
“The funny thing was, I knew her well enough and her spontaneity well enough to know that she actually meant it. I would have to find space enough in the back of Brett’s truck for her. We could make do. We’d drive through the day as far as the road would take us. And we’d sleep in the truck bed at night. Three was a crowd, but it would keep things interesting.”
— Chapter 3 – An Adventure Begins
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