The Journey from Kamakura: REVISED EDITION Hardcover – October 19, 2024

Silver Medal WINNER: General Fiction CategoryNABA - North American Book Awards 2025--------------------Bronze Medal WINNER: Contemporary Fiction CategoryGBA - Global Book Awards 2025--------------------PenMasters Global 2025 Top Finalist Literary Award: Inspirational Fiction Category --------------------1st Edition Silver Medal WINNER: "Best First Book / Fiction"IBPA Benjamin Franklin Literary Awards“The Journey from Kamakura is a propulsive, emotionally candid novel about reinvention . . . a page-turning plot that feels like a technicolor reprieve wrung from sheer willpower.” ~ PenMasters GlobalReaders are swept along on travel photographer Grey Matheson’s quest to find the most dazzling sights and exotic experiences the world has to offer. In his drive to the peak of his profession, Matheson is sabotaged by self-destructive tendencies that not only shatter his marriage but send him on a roller coaster ride that challenges his will to survive. Roaming the globe in an ever-accelerating thirst for satisfaction, he discovers that great photographs come at a price, from nearly drowning in the riptides off Puerto Vallarta to being buried by a Tibetan avalanche. Despite a cycle that takes him from begging on the streets of Amsterdam to blowing through a million dollars in a matter of months, it’s only when he comes face to face with a mysterious woman in Southeast Asia that his true journey begins, leading to perceptions no photograph could ever portray. Read more