13/08/2020
When I was in my early twenties, I climbed the Himalayas of Nepal and wrote a novel based on that experience. For many years the story sat idle, and it was only during the COVID slowdown that I reincarnated it. My Midnight Sun is a book that I'm quite proud of, and I'm pleased that it's being released this week. An unusual love story, My Midnight Sun is set in one of the world's most beautiful and extraordinary places.
Below are endorsements from some extremely talented writers who were kind enough to read the book.
“My Midnight Sun is a powerful story of love, pain, and redemption.” – Joshua Hammer, author of The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu
"John Shors' new novel, My Midnight Sun, is a refreshingly different kind of love story, infused with the deep compassion, frailty, and nobility of great mythic romance. Set on the gritty streets of Bangkok and amid the mighty splendor of the Himalayas, it's also a thrilling journey that not only revels in life's wonders, big and small, but dares to find beauty at the heart of human grief and suffering." – Clay Bonnyman Evans, author of Bones of My Grandfather
“I feel like this is a book Jon Krakaur would write if he wrote love stories. A heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting story, My Midnight Sun has something for everyone—part adventure, part romance, part travel journal. But at its core, Shors has given us a beautiful novel about life and death, and how love inspires us to make the most of our short time here on this planet.” – Tiffanie DeBartolo, author of Sorrow
“My Midnight Sun pulls at your heart with lyrical prose and takes you on a breathtaking journey from the streets of Bangkok through colorful festivals in Nepalese villages to the rocky tips of the Himalayas. John Shors is the kind of writer you will not forget.” – Jennifer Alsever, author of Extraordinary Lives
“My Midnight Sun, in its essence, is an alluring tale of tragic loss and a man’s desperate search for an emotional salve. It’s also an intriguing study of a complex relationship between two people with little in common except for a need to save and be saved. Set against exotic locations ranging from the suffocating streets of Bangkok to the dangerous solitude of the Nepalese mountains, My Midnight Sun is a compelling read.” – Carter Wilson, author of Mister Tender’s Girl
