Adrian is thirty, restless, and untethered. At a friend’s funeral, a single moment cracks open a space inside him—a question he cannot silence: what else is there?

From that quiet fracture begins a journey through desire, doubt, intimacy, and surrender. Love takes unexpected forms, grief becomes a teacher, and ordinary acts of service turn luminous as Adrian is pulled deeper into a current he cannot control and can only learn to trust.

The Current is a lyrical and intimate novella about what it means to be undone, remade, and returned to life with new eyes. B Alan Bourgeois weaves together queer romance and mystical depth in a story that is at once raw and transcendent, inviting the reader to drift, to dive, and to discover the hidden river that runs through us all.

REVIEW:
The Current is a contemplative, queer spiritual novel that begins at a friend’s funeral and follows Adrian, a man who realizes he has been “skimming” his life, as he commits to feeling every moment in his body. Bare feet in wet grass, potatoes in a diner, brushes softened in soapy water, and volunteer shifts at a food pantry all become doorways into a new way of being. Along the way, a gentle relationship with Elias models desire as a patient current rather than a compulsive escape. The prose is vivid and poetic, the structure organized into movement-like chapters that map a spiritual arc from grounding through collapse to integration and quiet presence.

This is a book of interior stakes and slow revelations rather than big plot twists. Readers who want action-driven drama may find its pacing deliberate, but those who value sensory detail, emotional honesty, and nuanced queer spirituality will likely find it deeply resonant. The Current ultimately offers an unhurried, embodied vision of awakening—one where grief becomes union, service becomes prayer, and everyday contact becomes the place where the sacred lives.
- True Voice Review