Galveston Tides
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Publisher Price: $19.99
Publisher: George P. Player
Published: Mar 27 2026
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.54 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Galveston Tides is a quiet, unsettling novel about money, belonging, and the weight of second chances. When Connor McKnight wins the lottery, his life does not explode with joy; it fractures. Old routines vanish. New doors open. Beneath the surface of coastal privilege, Connor discovers unease, obligation, and the subtle violence of social reinvention. Set along the humid streets, beaches, and back rooms of Galveston Island, the story unfolds through dinners, bars, family ties, and moral tests rather than spectacle. Wealth becomes a mirror, reflecting what was already broken and what might still be rebuilt. Connor drifts between island society and a long-held dream of ranch life in East Texas, searching for ground that feels earned. Measured, observant, and morally alert, Galveston Tides examines how identity shifts when survival is replaced by choice, and how true belonging rarely follows money's tide. It offers no easy redemption, only earned, human reckoning.
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