A Bright Ray of Darkness: A novel Free Audiobook Download by Ethan Hawke

A Bright Ray of Darkness is a novel in which a storyteller named Billy re-tells the life of his mentor, a man named Robert Mercy. The story starts with Robert suffering from an accident and wakes up to find himself in the hospital with a new outlook on life. He finds that his stories are no longer entertaining, and that he has lost his voice. When he finally realizes that it is not just about the words, and how powerful they can be but how meaningful they can become, he begins to tell stories once again and realizes that this is what really matters.

A Bright Ray of Darkness by Ethan Hawke is a story about the life of an artist, who like so many struggling artists is in a state of self-doubt and misery. The narrator is drawn to the light, to something more. It becomes his quest to achieve what he's always dreamed of but never managed to find; that elusive "bright ray of light."

A "bright ray of darkness" is how Ethan Hawke describes his new novel, a domestic thriller about two families, the Vogels and the Fletchers. For those who like their novels suspenseful and gripping, A Bright Ray of Darkness will give you a good time - so much so that you may never look at an apple the same way ever again.

Many critics would just call this novel a "chick-lit" book for women, but it's a lot more than that. It has themes of corruption, revenge and redemption that are deeply rooted in the human condition. It gives new meaning to the term 'dark fiction'. This is not your average romance novel.

A Bright Ray of Darkness is a gripping and darkly humorous novel about a man who, after having his life turned upside down and his wife leaving him, decides to become a better person by completing various errands for other people.