The "Classic Catherine" Anniversary Edition of ELECTRIC GOD is now

available for sale! Check out the new Author's Note by Catherine Ryan Hyde.

"'Electric God' is the answer to a prayer—a heroic, superbly crafted novel

worth reading again and again and again." -Kelly Milner Halls, THE DENVER

POST

"Ryan Hyde spins her tale so effortlessly that the reader closes the book

with a quiet sense of elation, and only later notices that 'Electric God'

is still there etched on the psyche, like the imprint of a lightning bolt

upon the eye." -THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

Hayden Reese is an angry man. He has a bad habit of breaking people's jaws

and getting thrown into jail. Granted, he only breaks jaws that deserved

some breaking, but his anger is tearing his life apart. And now he's

starting a whole new feud, this time with the once-estranged,

now-reconciled husband of his lover, Laurel. This is the one that will very

nearly cost him his life.

The story then swings back in time to the roots of Hayden's anger: the

father who tormented him, the kid brother who got all the approval, and the

one fatal mistake that Hayden has never been able to forgive himself for

making.

Back in Hayden's present, as he is trying to get out of the hospital and

back on his feet, his daughter Allegra comes back around. He hasn't seen

her in more than 15 years, but she's getting married, and wants her father

to walk her down the aisle. But Hayden can barely walk. And he's not ready

to confront the wife and daughter who exiled him, his family of origin, and

his painful past. But the past catches up with Hayden, ready or not. And

Hayden, now too disabled for violence, must work all the way through his

anger and find new ways to make peace with his life.

"Hyde's follow-up to PAY IT FORWARD is a beautifully crafted story of one

man who had to lose everything before he could find forgiveness and

redemption. Hyde is inspiring and uplifting without sentimentality."

-BOOKLIST