MERCY

"It's one of the top three books I've read in my life." -Carly Chaikin

22-year-old Collin Smith has no siblings or relatives. His mother is dead. Only his father-a quirky man who dreams about birds-is still alive.

It is Los Angeles in the year 2018 and Collin is drinking at Marge's Bar, a place where the low-lifes of the city meet to pour alcohol on their past and present. Collin just graduated college but he can't figure out what he wants to do with the rest of his life. He is average and completely stuck. When he gets a call from the hospital, he's almost too drunk to understand what is going on-that his father has tried to kill himself but by a grand miracle, is still alive.

Equal parts hilarious and poetic, light and dark, Mercy chronicles the adventures of a young man trying to survive the desolate freedom of young adulthood without any idea of how to do it. Along his journey Collin will encounter an enormous galaxy of eccentric characters and radical situations, ranging from his billionaire landlord to a magical forest-everything strange and funny under the Los Angeles sun. When asked the question, "what would you do with your life if money wasn't a concern?" Collin has no answer.

Mercy is essentially the sequel to The Catcher in the Rye-a tale of spiritual survival in the digital age.