The recent online novel, A Mountain Too High, written by Duke Stevens, is an online surprise in edgy and compelling drama.

The novel tells the story of retired firefighter, Gary Alexander, who, when unknowingly fighting to suppress childhood demons, makes the decision to stop by the beach early one morning to sit alone contemplating his future.

As he attempts to grapple with what he will do with the rest of his life, he begins to watch over, Charla Ashley Kelly sitting alone on the beach.

In spite of their age-difference, he finds he can’t take his eyes off this attractive older woman.

Wondering what it is about this lone woman that draws him so powerfully, his thoughts are interrupted by the advance of two men hurrying toward the space where she is sitting alone.

When, he saw fear rush into her face at their steadied approach, Gary Alexander makes a decision that will take him on a personal journey he didn’t know he must take.

Within that instantaneous moment of decision-making, Gary Alexander, made the move of rescue that would change his life forever.