Rem's Chance

A Florida novel that melds literary fiction with gritty crime and mystery elements, romance, and insights into an aging Generation X.

Rem Bruxvoort is forty-six and not getting any younger. The former guitarist of The Bubbling Samovars�an obscure nineties punk band�is still feeling fallout from the pandemic. It's October of 2021 in southwest Florida and he's stuck living under the same roof as his ex-fianc�e, who hates his guts. As they sell off the bungalow they bought together before everything between them went up in smoke, Rem seeks a way forward to better days.

A chance encounter reunites Rem with his former bandmate Gene, who's traded in playing the bass for a cushier life as a soon-to-be-married entrepreneur in the tech sector. As the two old friends catch up, the subject of the lost master tapes of The Bubbling Samovars' unreleased album arises. Soon Rem's quest to locate the master tapes, which might yield a reissue that will set everything straight, is put in motion.