THE FAR SHORE

An engaging World War II novel featuring diverse prose styles about a man in search of spiritual peace and the granddaughter who needs to find him.

Stuck in a dead-end job, single, and discontented, Lily receives a most unexpected visitor: an "heir finder" who informs her she is the sole beneficiary to an unclaimed fortune$16 million left behind by a grandfather she never met. The boon comes with a caveat: the money can only be claimed if the remains of her grandfathera man who went missing in action in World War Twoare located and he's proven legally dead. The Far Shore follows Lily as she embarks on a global odysseyfrom the shores of South Carolina to the deepest jungles of Myanmarin a quest for answers. In the process, she uncovers an incredible storythat of a stricken, shell-shocked soldier who left the battlefield and went to the ends of the earth in an attempt to answer the age-old questions of mankind: Why do we suffer? Is there a God? Is there a way out? It is a journey that will change Lily forever; for, like her grandfather, she finds herself going further afield in search of answers, deeper into harm's way, into both the unmapped places of the world and of the heart, where she will find either unimaginable wisdom and wealth . . . or madness and death. Paul Scheuring's first novel, The Far Shore, was self-published in 2017, his second novel, The Resurrectionist was self-published in 2022 and earned a starred Kirkus; both reviews below. Scheuring was born in Aurora, Illinois and raised in California. He has a degree from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Scheuring has been a working writer, director, and producer since 1999; he's written numerous projects for film and TV, including People's Choice Award: Favorite New Television Drama Winner and Golden Globe-nominated 'Prison Break,' 'A Man Apart' starring Vin Diesel, and 'Den of Thieves.' He wrote and directed 'The Experiment' starring Academy Award Winners Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker and served as a producer alongside Ridley Scott on 'Klondike,' a series he created and co-wrote.