"It's romance and fairy tales. But it's magic and whimsy too. It's a writer's lament and a coming-of-age tale (for lack of a better cliche.) It's experimentation and taking chances. It's poetry and music. It's love and art." "-LL Book Review"

"Silly and poignant and real . . . This isn't a love letter to Veronica as much as a love letter to the process of falling in love, and to that of writing a novel. . . delightfully hyper-aware of its own storytelling." "-Books I Done Read"

"A great read indeed . . . Entrekin has really shown himself to be a first rate novelist with...

""The Prodigal Hour, the audacious, genre-bending novel by Will Entrekin, is a Rubik's Cube of delights. Equal parts sci-fi, thriller, coming-of-age, and love story, the novel hurtles readers along Chance Sowin's intriguingly unpredictable journey--forward, backward, and inward. A thrilling head rush of a book."

-Elizabeth Eslami, author of Bone Worship: A Novel

"Chance Sowin hoped only for a new beginning."

On October 31, 2001, six weeks after escaping the World Trade Center attacks, Chance Sowin moves back home, hoping for familiarity and security. Instead, he...