The Ground Between Us

by Bob Mustin

Jeremy Tattnall sits at a life crossroad. His career and marriage are at an end -where is he to turn next? Seeking diversion, he attends a high school class reunion, where he encounters old friend, Billy Tarr. Billy suggests they go on the road, have some fun. His helpfulness and charm, however, prove a veneer for a violent underground existence. But when Billy introduces him to a peaceful commune, Jeremy thinks he's found an antidote to his stalled life. The tranquility unravels when federal agents, seeking Billy, raid the commune. Jeremy is sent to Europe to find his friend and foil a plot to disable the English-French Channel Tunnel. This explosive story ends in a poignant resolution to the pair's friendship while unearthing the Chunnel plot's surprising political implications.

367 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 22, 2025

About the author

I've had a brief naval career and a longer one as a civil engineer in Georgia. During the early '90s, I was the editor of a small literary journal, The Rural Sophisticate, based in Georgia. In 2003, I was a North Carolina Writers Network writer-in-residence at Peace College under the late Doris Betts' guiding hand. My work has appeared in The Rockhurst Review, Elysian Fields Quarterly, Cooweescoowee, Under The Sun, Gihon River Review, Reflections Literary Journal, and at thesquaretable.com, raving dove, Sport Literate, The Externalist, Language and Culture, and R.KV.R.Y in electronic form. I also have two novels and one novella to my credit. A collection of connected short stories will be published late in 2012 or early 2013.