To Sea

The sea is dead-fishless-and Long Island fisherman Jon Brand is to blame. With his greed of overfishing for years-he is surely the cause of the current famine. According to Jon Brand, that is.Elea, Jon’s wife, sees things differently. An oceans-worth of famine cannot be pinned down on one man alone. And she wishes Jon would man-up and find work inland if the sea can no longer provide for the family.But Jon has faith in the sea. His sea. And he cannot simply turn his back on Her.To Sea explores numerous beaches spanning across the Island where Jon seeks the answers of his fate-of his dry ocean-of his God. But the sea is silent. Time after time. Visit after visit. And with each trip to a differing shoreline passing, Jon finds himself closer and closer to a life changing revelation: To land, or, to sea.

Michael is a New Yorker-born in Shirley, MFA’d in Southampton, and currently lives in Brooklyn. To Sea is his first novel