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When Bean Westlake’s father disappears under mysterious circumstances there are no clear answers to why or how. Feeling alone and desperate, Bean decides that he must find the answers for himself at any cost. He remembers the fantastical stories about the distant mountains his father had told him as a child and sets off on an adventure unrivaled by any he had ever been on before. Along the way Bean learns that seeing is not believing and that trusting in the benevolence of complete strangers can often be the only way forward. In The Shadow of a Momentary Man is an epic coming of age journey into the depths of what is possible in this life when disbelief is suspended and humanity is upended.

When Bean Westlake’s father disappears under mysterious circumstances there are no clear answers to why or how. Feeling alone and desperate, Bean decides that he must find the answers for himself at any cost. He remembers the fantastical stories about the distant mountains his father had told him as a child and sets off on an adventure unrivaled by any he had ever been on before. Along the way Bean learns that seeing is not believing and that trusting in the benevolence of complete strangers can often be the only way forward. In The Shadow of a Momentary Man is an epic coming of age journey into the depths of what is possible in this life when disbelief is suspended and humanity is upended.