A popular serialized novel on Substack now is a paperback. RAINBOW MAN Is the story of grief and redemption, and the power to find a new life when what you had always known falls apart. Robert is hoping to reinvent his life after the death of his wife to a long, difficult illness. He takes on new challenges to find a way to live again, including a trip to the land where his favorite author, Ernest Hemingway spent large parts of his creative life—Spain. On his first day there, Robert meets a younger woman working in a cafe in the city of Granada. They unexpectedly become fast friends and soon find themselves taking in the charms of Spain together, each offering glimpses into their closely-held pasts. When the woman leads Robert on an extended road trip to see what are believed to be magical prehistoric carvings in the mountains of southern Spain, secrets are revealed and the woman asks Robert to help her with a dramatic and illegal act, one she believes is the only way she can face an inescapable future. What Robert decides will change both of their lives forever. PRAISE for best-selling author David W. Berner. Accidental Lessons "David W. Berner has given us a beautiful, elegantly written book in the tradition of To Sir With Love. " —author Thomas E. Kennedy Walks with Sam " The poet Wallace Stevens wrote that sometimes the answer comes with a walk around the lake. In my case, it's a daily walk around the neighborhood at dawn with the dogs that provides an answer to the unknown challenges of the day. Writer David W. Berner knows this truth better than most, a timeless phenomenon splendidly explored and revealed in his wise and insightful Walks with Sam, a moving memoir about how a young dog can teach an old man new tricks . . . hard to remember when I've enjoyed a walk with two friends more." — best-selling author, James Dodson A Well-Respected Man Honoree: Society of Midland Authors, 2019 "Absorbing. Love, loss, and transformation are common themes in novels but they assume more literary proportions under David W. Berner's approach, which winds messages about choice, consequences, and wider-ranging life changes into a saga of male and female interactions and perceptions." —Midwest Book Review David W. Berner is the award-winning and best-selling author of several books of memoir and fiction. A Well-Respected Man was honored by the Society of Midland Authors Any Road Will Take You There was awarded first prize in the Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year Award for Indies. David writes and works at his home ourside Chicago.