The Return Trip

By C Michael Byrne

Book Overview

Newsman Ray James sets out to explain how Americans came to elect Donald Trump, but answers don't come easy for an unreliable narrator preoccupied with sexual adventures and struggling with alcohol and drug addiction. After crossing powerful men in Las Vegas -- his friend murdered, his own life threatened -- Ray is rescued by his daughter, a doctor, and then sheltered by a secretive network of Chinese ex-pats and a modern-day Navajo shaman, who guide him to answers, and deeper mysteries.

In the 2nd Edition of The Return Trip, author C. Michael Byrne spins his tale of political intrigue, spiritual awakening and the search for truth through different lenses and voices, giving readers new clarity on the life and times of his flawed hero. As enemies close in, and old wounds resurface, the search to understand a nation in crisis bubbles through the mist of a mystical waterfall, illusory and impermanent, reflecting a life in turmoil, and a nation on the brink.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H1DPK8RG
• ISBN13: 9798995374213
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: C Michael Byrne
• Length: 350 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"