What do you do when every chance slips through your fingersby cruelty, by fate, by your own THINGS
Damien Cole is no hero. He is ordinary too thin, too quiet, too invisible. From a childhood marked by hunger and humiliation to a manhood spent chasing fragile hopes, Damien’s life is one long struggle against a world that refuses to see him.
But Damien is also brilliant. And brilliance can be both a gift and a curse.
Each time he reaches for something greater a university seat, a career, a home, even love—life answers with betrayal: a torn lottery ticket, a shattered dream, a deal with the devil that offers millions but costs him everything. As Damien’s rise and fall unravels, The Man & The Water captures the raw weight of survival in a society where opportunity is a luxury and resilience is the only weapon left.
Blending the sharpness of reality with the ache of fiction, this novel is not about victory. It is about persistence. About the man who refuses to stop swimming even when the tide is against him.
A story for every reader who has ever felt powerless, unseen, or trapped by circumstances this book is a mirror of our darkest struggles and a reminder that even in drowning, there is defiance.