THE LYRIC STORY OF THE NET GENERATION—GROWING UP AND COMING OF AGE ON THE INTERNET The Internet is everywhere now, but Ray Valentine saw it first explode. CIRCUITS OF THE WIND is the story of Ray's quest to find himself as he grows up wandering the computer underground—the wild, global outback that existed before the net went mainstream. How else does an end-of-century slacker reach out to the world from Sohola, that northern state that's a little more Midwest than it is New England? The net holds the key to what he's after—but even as he pioneers this virtual world, the veneer of his real life begins to crack. VOLUME ONE of the CIRCUITS OF THE WIND trilogy follows a young Raymond from his '70s childhood—and first gropings with the telephone—to the home computers and bulletin boards of the '80s, where he leads a double life as a wanderer of the wires. But when even his virtual best friend unplugs, Raymond might have to leave it, too—because isn't real life supposed to be offline? "The descriptive passages in the book are funny, true to life and quite lyrical. Michael Stutz has an amazing ability with words ... [r]ead this book to learn the story of the beginning of the "net" generation. I believe Circuits of the Wind will be savored by techies, geeks and computer nerds." -- Library of Clean Reads A coming of age tale of the early internet and the impact on an unsuspecting world, "Circuits of the Wind" provides a very human story set on a backdrop of technology few truly understand, very much recommended. -- Midwest Book Review "Michael Stutz has created the Everyman of our wired age." -- Tony D'Souza, author of Whiteman , The Konkans , and Mule , which has been optioned for film by Warner Bros. "Stutz writes with a grandness that exceeds the deadpan expectations that are associated with his generation of writers ... with all the grandeur of the influential [F. Scott] Fitzgerald himself." -- Kilimanjaro magazine LITERARY FICTION / AMERICAN LITERATURE Circuits of the Wind , a coming-of-age novel in three volumes, is the very human story of Ray's quest to find himself as he grows up online INDIE GROUNDBREAKING BOOK - DEC 2012 A Look Back at the Internet Revolution That Defined a Generation "Stutz, a master of atmosphere throughout every moment of his 2,000 page epic, builds a mood of darkness and discovery, of tension and atmosphere, and of historical sweep ..." -- Independent Publisher VOLUME ONE OF A SINGLE NOVEL IN THREE VOLUMES