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The Quest of Kip Saunders: A Novel of Regret and Return

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Availability:In StockContributor:Scott FlemingTheme:Topical/Coming of AgePublish date:8/4/2026Pages:418
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Godwit BooksISBN-13:9798996166206UPC:9798996166206Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Coming of Age, PsychologicalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.93 inchesWeight:0.558Product ID:SCRK286VCV

Regret drove him off the trail. Facing the past may be the only way forward.

Near mile 1,390 of the Appalachian Trail, Kip Saunders steps off the path--both the hiking trail and the course his life has taken. Haunted by a decision he made twenty-five years earlier, Kip leaves the trail behind and returns to a place he once abandoned: the United States Military Academy at West Point.

He shouldn't be there.

He knows it.

But something unfinished has pulled him back.

As Kip moves through the grounds he once called home, memories resurface--along with the people, expectations, and failures he thought he had left behind. Then there is Oscar, the voice he cannot escape. Part conscience, part tormentor, Oscar presses Kip to confront the truth he has spent years avoiding.

What begins as a quiet return becomes something far more unsettling. The line between memory and reality begins to blur. Encounters feel too precise. The past refuses to stay buried.

Kip is forced to ask himself:

Is redemption worth the cost of reopening old wounds?

Or has he gone too far to ever find his way back?

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Godwit BooksISBN-13:9798996166206UPC:9798996166206Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Coming of Age, PsychologicalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.93 inchesWeight:0.558Product ID:SCRK286VCV
Fleming, Scott: - Scott Fleming is a high school environmental science teacher and adult swimming coach from Mandeville, Louisiana, where the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain feeds his love of water and the outdoors. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point for two years before earning his degree in English from Tulane University. He has also thru-hiked some of America's most iconic long-distance trails, including the Appalachian Trail. In addition to writing, Scott is a watercolor artist and plays the harmonica--more with enthusiasm than skill. The Quest of Kip Saunders is his debut novel.
Publisher: Godwit Books

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Scott Fleming

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