As wildfires devour Malibu, Mickey Wildland, a washed-up Hollywood director, finds himself on the brink. Once celebrated as the next big thing, Mickey is now a man out of time—ignored by the industry he once ruled and consumed by alcohol to dull the ache of failure.
When his Malibu apartment is reduced to ash, Mickey embarks on a chaotic journey of survival and self-destruction, from a chance encounter with a reclusive rockstar to an untamed woman on Catalina Island. But even amidst the wreckage, sparks of hope flicker.
As he confronts the ghosts of his past and the ruins of his present, Mickey is forced to can he rewrite his story, or will he burn along with the city he calls home?
Darkly humorous and heartbreakingly raw short novel, Mickey Wildland is a gripping tale of ambition, failure, and the fragile resilience of the human spirit.