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FOUR FOR A BOY: Domestic Thriller)
Author(s): D.G. Torrens (Author)
- Publisher: Independently published
- Publication Date: 5 Jun. 2026
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: B0H49TGTZL
- ISBN-13: 9798258470324
Book Description
It’s Too Hard To Live & Too Easy To Die…
Homeless, grieving, and convinced the world no longer sees him, nineteen‑year‑old Dax shelters beneath a bridge on the edge of Gravenmere Town. With his penknife, he carves his despair into the concrete: It’s too hard to live & too easy to die…
Convinced the world no longer sees him, Dax drifts through Gravenmere Town’s forgotten shadowy corners where hunger bites, memories sting, and hope feels like a cruel joke. Each day becomes a battle against the despair slowly consuming him from within.
Danger lurks behind every corner. Mia’s unhinged ex hides in the shadows, hunger bites like a vicious animal, and hope feels like a story someone told him a long time ago.
Yet, in the cold spaces between grief and memories that haunt, small kindnesses begin to reach him; Mia’s quiet warmth, and Zak’s steady belief. But when brutal violence finds him again, Dax is drawn towards the shadowed rim of Hollowmere Lake, where the lost go to disappear.
To step back from the edge, he must decide whether he is worth saving, and whether hope can survive in a heart that has forgotten how to feel it.
MMC Quote:
'Alive does not mean living. This is nothingness. I breathe, yet I disappear. My heart beats, but I feel dead inside. Empty. Existing in the quiet nothing. This is the hollow space between living and dying. I feel it now…’ AUTHOR NOTE:
FOUR FOR A BOY: although a fictional survivor novel, the story is shining a light on homelessness and men's mental health through the lens of powerful storytelling. The story also features some real-life characters who kindly agreed to appear as themsleves: Nick J. Townsend, lead singer of Weak 13 (band), Zak Bevis aka Zak Knight former pro wrestler from the Knight wrestling dynasty in the UK and Founder of Zaket Potato. Triggers:
Domestic violence
Homelessness
Mental health struggles
Grief More Books in The Survivor Series: (Each book is a stand-a-lone survivor story shining a light on various issues through the sculpted form of story)
ONE FOR SORROW
TWO FOR JOY
THREE FOR A GIRL
Homeless, grieving, and convinced the world no longer sees him, nineteen‑year‑old Dax shelters beneath a bridge on the edge of Gravenmere Town. With his penknife, he carves his despair into the concrete: It’s too hard to live & too easy to die…
Convinced the world no longer sees him, Dax drifts through Gravenmere Town’s forgotten shadowy corners where hunger bites, memories sting, and hope feels like a cruel joke. Each day becomes a battle against the despair slowly consuming him from within.
Danger lurks behind every corner. Mia’s unhinged ex hides in the shadows, hunger bites like a vicious animal, and hope feels like a story someone told him a long time ago.
Yet, in the cold spaces between grief and memories that haunt, small kindnesses begin to reach him; Mia’s quiet warmth, and Zak’s steady belief. But when brutal violence finds him again, Dax is drawn towards the shadowed rim of Hollowmere Lake, where the lost go to disappear.
To step back from the edge, he must decide whether he is worth saving, and whether hope can survive in a heart that has forgotten how to feel it.
MMC Quote:
'Alive does not mean living. This is nothingness. I breathe, yet I disappear. My heart beats, but I feel dead inside. Empty. Existing in the quiet nothing. This is the hollow space between living and dying. I feel it now…’ AUTHOR NOTE:
FOUR FOR A BOY: although a fictional survivor novel, the story is shining a light on homelessness and men's mental health through the lens of powerful storytelling. The story also features some real-life characters who kindly agreed to appear as themsleves: Nick J. Townsend, lead singer of Weak 13 (band), Zak Bevis aka Zak Knight former pro wrestler from the Knight wrestling dynasty in the UK and Founder of Zaket Potato. Triggers:
Domestic violence
Homelessness
Mental health struggles
Grief More Books in The Survivor Series: (Each book is a stand-a-lone survivor story shining a light on various issues through the sculpted form of story)
ONE FOR SORROW
TWO FOR JOY
THREE FOR A GIRL