Beyond What We Know

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Genres

Metaphysical Fiction, Friendship, Coming of Age, Music, 1980s, Love Story, Ghosts, Novels, and New Adult

Trigger Warnings

Profanity and Death

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Aug 31, 2025

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197 pages

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Beyond What We Know

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Blurb

A coming of age story that will make you believe in the power of second chances.

Riddled with guilt over the death of his father, high school graduate Mike Collins spends his last summer at home disquieted by thoughts of leaving behind his mother and first love as he prepares to depart for college. Unbeknownst to him, Mike will soon meet his musical hero, Chris Steele, whose perspective of life will teach him to believe in the possibility of second chances.

Filled with rich imagery from the 1980s, "Beyond What We Know" is a coming-of-age story exploring life's obstacles, the music and the machinery, while illuminating the power of friendship with the metaphysical transcendence of the unknown, and a ending you'll never see coming.

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Genres

Metaphysical Fiction, Friendship, Coming of Age, Music, 1980s, Love Story, Ghosts, Novels, and New Adult

Trigger Warnings

Profanity and Death

Type of Ending

Series

Not part of a series

Author Prefers A Review On

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Publication Date

Aug 31, 2025

Page Length

197 pages

Available Formats

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Author

James Wood is a writer, artist and musician who has interviewed some of the biggest names in entertainment for worldwide media outlets as well as his hometown newspaper. He is the author of Neapolitan Sky (Gatekeeper Press) and the co-author of three children's picture books with all proceeds going to charity. A Class of '87 alumni, he still resides in Easton, Pennsylvania.