Books by Charles Souby - available in Paperback and E-book
Winifred (revised and reissued)
A Shot of Malaria (now available)
A Shot of Malaria (now available)
A novel about spiritual and family rebirth, Winifred tells the story of a man ready to throw in the towel after losing the love of his life. At his wit's end, he meets a young female drug addict, Winifred, who, after a shocking revelation, helps him discover a new dimension to life and together, they share a sacred bond.
A Shot of Malaria (now available)
A Shot of Malaria (now available)
A Shot of Malaria (now available)
The gritty and sometimes comical story of Daniel Martin, a strung-out street musician who aspires to be the Jimi Hendrix of the 5-String Banjo and find a girlfriend for the Christmas Holidays.
A View From the Borderline
A Shot of Malaria (now available)
A View From the Borderline
A View from the Borderline is a collection of short stories that runs the gamut from dark and gritty satire to sweet and serious love. They include a man plotting to poison a park full of pigeons to frame a bothersome old lady to a high school delinquent who falls for a dispossessed girl about to be shipped off to an asylum.
upComing novels
Heaven's Door
What happens when an Ivy League graduate hitchhikes to the Yukon in pursuit of a mystical portent—while his father, a wealthy mining lobbyist on his deathbed, waits for him to return and take over the family business?
In the remote wilderness of early 1980s Northwestern Canada, Jeffrey Woodward’s worldview is upended as he bears witness to the quiet destruction of one of the planet’s last pristine landscapes—and the cultural erasure of its indigenous peoples—driven by greed and willful ignorance.
Beyond the Realm of Black and White
It’s 2038, and the United States is unraveling under the final stages of a coup d’état. Amid the chaos, an Indiana poet and a popularWest Hollywood actress are abducted—along with several other Americans—and transported to a planet 200 light-years from Earth.
When the unlikely pair commandeer the alien ship, they uncover a harrowing truth: a four-year-old girl is being held hostage on the distant world. Determined to rescue her, they attempt to commandeer the vessel—hoping to return home and ignite a new era of human exploration.
**Satirical, romantic, and suspenseful, Beyond the Realm of Black and White is a literary science fiction epic that takes a sweeping, often comic look at survival, resilience, and humanity