Brothers: A surfer leaves Australia to find a missing nephew

In Brothers, Mike Davis delivers a deeply personal, cinematic novel about the bonds that tie men together—and the spiritual reckonings that test those bonds across distance, blood, and time.

After years of illness and loss, Australian surfboard shaper Adam Gearhart receives a midnight call from his younger brother Chance in California: their nephew, Shawn, is missing—wanted by the law and lost to drugs and violence. Haunted by the ghosts of his past, Adam reluctantly boards a plane to the American desert to help find him.

What begins as a family rescue spirals into an odyssey of faith, redemption, and self-discovery. As Adam and Chance navigate the drug-ravaged wastelands of Arizona and confront a world stripped of compassion, they encounter Dog Ears, a Native American shaman, and his father Gray Wolf, who guide them toward a vision quest neither expected. Through peyote and pain, laughter and revelation, they rediscover not only the lost boy but the sacred brotherhood that has always bound them.

At once raw and luminous, Brothers explores the meaning of kinship, the burden of responsibility, and the mysterious grace that emerges from despair. Written in Davis’s signature style—poetic, introspective, and fearless—it fuses realism with myth, surf culture with spirit lore, and modern malaise with ancient wisdom.

From the rainforests of Noosa to the deserts of Flagstaff, Brothers is both road novel and soul journey—a meditation on love, loyalty, and what it means to come home to oneself.

“You can’t unlearn being a big brother—and you can’t stop being one, even when the world breaks you.”.

Genre: Action Thriller

Jul 9, 2013

Title	Brothers
Subtitle	A Novel by Mike Davis
Author	Mike Davis
Publisher / Imprint	Point Surfer Press
Language	English
Publication Year	2025
Trim Size	5 × 8 in
Cover Finish	Matte
Page Count	~360
Edition Description	First Edition
Primary BISAC Category	FIC019000 — Fiction / Literary
Additional BISAC Categories	FIC014000 — Fiction / Family Life / General; FIC008000 — Fiction / War & Military; FIC055000 — Fiction / Psychological; FIC045000 — Fiction / Visionary & Metaphysical
Keywords (comma-separated)	Mike Davis, Brothers novel, Point Surfer Press, Native American fiction, peyote ceremony, spiritual fiction, surf shaping, redemption, addiction recovery, family bonds, American desert story, Australian literary fiction
Intended Audience	Adult
Interior Type	Black & White
Age Range	18+

Short Description

A surfboard shaper leaves Australia to help find his missing nephew in the Arizona desert, leading two estranged brothers on a journey of faith, forgiveness, and rediscovery guided by Native American mystics. Brothers is Mike Davis’s most personal, powerful novel yet—a story of family, loss, and redemption.

Full Description

After years of loss and illness, Adam Gearhart thinks his life is finished—until a desperate call from his brother pulls him from the peace of Noosa’s surf into the chaos of the American desert. Their nephew Shawn is missing, wanted by police and consumed by addiction.

From the mountains of Flagstaff to a hidden cabin deep in the red canyons, Adam and Chance’s search brings them face to face with their past, their faith, and their ghosts. Guided by Dog Ears, a Native shaman, and his father Gray Wolf, the brothers experience a peyote ceremony that reveals far more than they expected—forcing each to confront the truth of what brotherhood really means.

Told in Davis’s signature poetic prose, Brothers is a story of kinship, redemption, and spiritual awakening—part road novel, part modern myth. It’s about the burden and blessing of being the one who stays strong when others fall apart, and the grace that comes when love transcends blood.

“There are wars you fight with bullets—and wars you fight inside your soul.”

Perfect for fans of Tim Winton, James Lee Burke, and Charles Frazier, Brothers captures the rugged beauty of men trying to heal in a fractured world.

Goodreads Metadata

Title: Brothers
Author: Mike Davis
Publisher: Point Surfer Press
Publication Year: 2025
Series: Stand-alone (spiritually linked to The Shaper, Freak Show, and Ice)

Genres:

Literary Fiction
Spiritual Fiction
Family Drama
Adventure / Road Novel
Australian-American Fiction

BISAC Codes:

FIC019000 — Fiction / Literary
FIC014000 — Fiction / Family Life
FIC045000 — Fiction / Visionary & Metaphysical
FIC008000 — Fiction / War & Military
FIC055000 — Fiction / Psychological

Keywords / Tags:
brothers novel, Native American shamanism, spiritual awakening, peyote, redemption fiction, desert odyssey, surfboard shaper, family recovery, literary adventure, Point Surfer Press

Goodreads Blurb:
When Australian surfboard shaper Adam Gearhart gets a desperate call from his brother in California, he boards a plane into the heart of America’s desert—and his own past. Their nephew is missing, addicted and hunted. Alongside a Native shaman and his father, the brothers embark on a hallucinatory journey that transforms guilt into grace and despair into faith.

From the rainforests of Noosa to the peyote fires of Flagstaff, Brothers is a lyrical novel about blood, redemption, and the sacred ties that bind. Mike Davis blends realism with mysticism in a story that is both spiritual and visceral—about the wars we fight inside ourselves, and the brothers who save us.

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