Electric God

Consumed with rage, a man struggles to overcome the sins of his past and learn forgiveness, in this novel from theNew York Times–bestselling author.

Hayden Reese has an unpredictable temper, especially when he sees harm done to the innocent or helpless. He has served time for assault. The rural California town he lives in is just as much a prison as any cell he occupied, full of people just trying to survive another day without getting on each other’s nerves. When he’s not working odd jobs or getting drunk, he’s involved in a chaotic affair with a woman with a troubled teenage daughter and a jealous husband who’s more than ready to meet Hayden on his own violent terms.

But Hayden wasn’t always fueled by anger and bad decisions. He was once a husband and father—studying to become a doctor—before tragedy ripped his life and family apart, echoing a a devastating loss from his childhood that still haunts him. Wracked with guilt and seething with fury, Hayden’s path of self-destruction comes to an abrupt end, leading him to discover that peace, redemption, and forgiveness await those with the courage to ask for it. 

“Catherine Ryan Hyde is a magnificent storyteller. . . . Electric God is the answer to a prayer—a heroic, superbly crafted novel worth reading again and again and again.” —The Denver Post

“A thought-provoking, original and honest novel. It is a novel of struggle, of small gains hard won.” —San Jose Mercury News

“Gritty and full of surprises . . . openly inspirational but not cloying . . . with humor and a marked lack of sentimentality.” —The Baltimore Sun