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Surface
All his life, Lou Sydney had been in control. Successful businessman, devoted husband, loving father. Through the innocuous and the mundane, his control began to slowly slip further and further from his grasp...and then a great tragedy struck and it vanished altogether.
When his life finds itself on a very dark and destructive path, he will fight to find his way. With his wife Rialle by his side, he will struggle to regain his composure, struggle to regain his life, struggle to regain himself.
But like any path of redemption, he will face fear and pain and heartache...with no guarantee that his emotional sickness can be cured. With the mystery surrounding a new revolutionary therapy and the doubts in his own mind, he will come to question everything he sees...and find there is a lot more just below the Surface.
When his life finds itself on a very dark and destructive path, he will fight to find his way. With his wife Rialle by his side, he will struggle to regain his composure, struggle to regain his life, struggle to regain himself.
But like any path of redemption, he will face fear and pain and heartache...with no guarantee that his emotional sickness can be cured. With the mystery surrounding a new revolutionary therapy and the doubts in his own mind, he will come to question everything he sees...and find there is a lot more just below the Surface.
227 pages, Paperback
Published March 11, 2019
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October 29, 2025
Brian Hines’ Surface is a hauntingly intimate exploration of loss, control, and the fragile pursuit of redemption. As Lou Sydney’s carefully ordered life unravels, Hines takes readers deep into the psychological undercurrents of grief and recovery, crafting a story that feels as real as it is raw.
The novel’s power comes from its restraint its refusal to offer easy answers or tidy resolutions. Instead, Surface immerses readers in the difficult, nonlinear process of emotional healing. With the mysterious therapy at its heart, Hines deftly blurs the line between psychological and philosophical suspense, leaving us to question what is real, what is imagined, and what it truly means to find oneself again.
Quiet, profound, and deeply human, Surface reminds us that redemption is never guaranteed but always worth seeking.
The novel’s power comes from its restraint its refusal to offer easy answers or tidy resolutions. Instead, Surface immerses readers in the difficult, nonlinear process of emotional healing. With the mysterious therapy at its heart, Hines deftly blurs the line between psychological and philosophical suspense, leaving us to question what is real, what is imagined, and what it truly means to find oneself again.
Quiet, profound, and deeply human, Surface reminds us that redemption is never guaranteed but always worth seeking.
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