Bloodhound

By Jake Zimkiewicz

In the sweltering quiet of 1990s rural Florida, eighteen-year-old Sylvan "Sly" Riley is just trying to make it through the summer without being seen.

But when he crosses paths with Augustus Green, a sharp-eyed gas station clerk with a bruised heart and a quiet strength, Sly finds himself pulled toward something bigger than fear - something like freedom.

Set against the backdrop of phosphate mines, Southern Baptist sermons, and a town where secrets hang heavier than the heat, Bloodhound is a tender, harrowing coming-of-age story about first love, survival, and the cost of being true in a place that tells you not to be.

At once aching and luminous, this is the story of two boys who dared to want more - and the fire they had to walk through to get it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G4RBKSBF
• ISBN13: 9798291366288
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"