After fleeing from Panic River four years earlier, Corey Flanagan has now changed virtually everything in his life—where he lives, how he creates art, his routines for work and play, and even his last name. The only true constants are his best friend Billy, his mother Ginny, and frequent, troubling dreams about the shootings he ran from and for which Corey was never held to account. Now living in California, Corey passionately paints landscapes in the style of Edward Hopper, while seeing his life and his surroundings more clearly and generating award-winning art. Another life change surprises Corey as well—an unexpected romance with a younger man, Miguel. This is a relationship that will challenge Corey to finally become a person of complete honesty, both with those he loves and also with himself. The fraught and fractured past Corey ran from four years earlier eventually catches up with him in unforeseen ways, dragging Corey back to the Midwest for a reckoning with his unresolved former life—healing his estrangement from long-time friend and once-lover Carol, settling scores with his twenty-year partner Nick, and confronting the guilt and responsibility for the accidental killing a trucker with whom Corey had a regrettable one-night tryst. Other unexpected discoveries and life changes revealed while he toils in the Midwest will forever after affect Corey’s life as well as those he loves the most. Yet through it all, Corey’s personal journey toward healing, honesty, understanding, and love will carry him along the path of becoming a man, and to places from which he no longer needs to run. Midwest Book Review : "Reckoning Waves juxtaposes a story of retribution, redemption, and recovery with one of love and revenge." " ... psychological depth ..." " ... solidly intriguing and thought-provoking ... a vivid tale..." "Readers won't anticipate the epilogue that concludes this story, or the forces that work both with and against Corey to help him create a different life." Portland Book Review : 5 out of 5 Stars "... peak-level entertainment and engagement ... a spectacular and tasteful work of art..." "Foster perfects the art of creating an addictive narrative ... just the right amount of suspense, camaraderie, romance, drama, and depth." "... every seemingly insignificant event leads to a larger one that fits into the story effortlessly." Elliott Foster is the award-winning author of Panic River, the first volume in a trilogy, followed by Reckoning Waves which won Best Gay Fiction at the 2022 San Francisco Book Festival. The third volume in the trilogy, Destiny Springs, will be released in 2023. Elliott's other works include Retrieving Isaac & Jason and Whispering Pines: Tales From a Northwoods Cabin, a 2016 Indie Next finalist for Best Fiction. Elliott's short stories, poems, and essays have been published in a variety of journals and other media. Foster debuted Reckoning Waves on the national stage in New Orleans at Saints and Sinners 2022, North America's largest LGBTQ book festival, held from March 27th to the 29th. In 2021, he read from Panic River at the festival and he will debut Destiny Springs at Saints & Sinners in March, 2023.