Last Call

At 37, Jake Harrison is clean, sober, and stuck. Once a fast-living bartender and now a remote insurance rep buried in spreadsheets and silence, Jake is haunted by grief, panic attacks, and a past he can’t outrun: a marriage lost, a best friend gone too soon, and years drowned in alcohol. He got sober, but sobriety didn’t fix the emptiness. It just made him feel it more clearly. Alone in a lifeless apartment, watching his mother battle cancer and his own hope slip further away, Jake makes an impulsive, radical decision: to leave everything behind and hit the road. With nothing but a duffel bag, a camera, and a map of places he’s never been, he sets off across America, not to escape, but to rebuild. From quiet parks and backroad diners to late-night Discord chats and soul-baring conversations with strangers, The Last Call is a journey of healing, heartbreak, and hard-won clarity. It's a deeply human exploration of what it means to fall apart, to wander, and maybe, just maybe, to find your way home to yourself. For readers of Matthew Quick, Cheryl Strayed, and Patrick deWitt, this novel is for anyone who’s ever wondered: What happens after survival?