Dark Sky

Name: Dark Sky
Rating: 4.285714149475098 (21 reviews)

Joel Canfield

Aug 2015 · The Misadventures of Max Bowman Book 1 · joined at the hip worldwide

4.3

21 reviews

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Max Bowman is a hero for today’s America—mostly because he has absolutely no idea what he’s doing.

Years after being tossed on the trash heap by the CIA, Max is just getting by—and fine with it. Who cares if his future is in the rearview mirror? As long as he’s got a Jack Daniels in his hand and his creatively-foul-mouthed singer girlfriend on his arm, why shake things up?

Then his old Agency boss shows up with a job that’s way above his paygrade—tracking down the truth about a war hero who was killed in Afghanistan. Because some people think this dead man isn’t so dead.

Max treats it as a paycheck and a big fat waste of time. Until that house explodes. And a guy who looks a lot like the hero of a popular ‘60s TV Western puts a target on his forehead. Oh, and then there’s that secret para-military outfit in Montana, which wants to end his assignment in the most unpleasant way possible.

It all happens in DARK SKY, a sardonic spin on the traditional thriller and the beginning of Max Bowman’s hilarious and harrowing misadventures.

Ratings and reviews

4.3

21 reviews

Corrina Wolfe

February 27, 2023

if it weren't for too much F-bombs, I'd say this book was awesome ok too much military stuff (guess it's a guy thing). I enjoyed Max's being "Real/true to Self" personality! that truly made me look at forgiving my past including years of abuse, torture, and lies told. I too needed to let go, be grateful I survived and allow those who actually do care about me in. stop sabotaging! Thanks "Max"! BTW I've been in therapy for 2 decades. :)

Debbi Zappone

February 19, 2021

VERY VERY small print. I can't make it any larger. It would be too much effort to use a magnifying glass, and there's no read out loud function. Very disappointed

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Coralyn Kratky

July 3, 2025

Overall I enjoyed the book. The plot moved along at a good pace. The characters were believable. Not a lot of twists and turns in the story which is either good or bad depending on your preferences. This genre is not one I read often but if I came across another book by this author I'd be likely to buy it.

About the author

A novelist, screenwriter and ghostwriter, Canfield has lived in New York City, Chicago, Detroit, Miami Beach, Auckland, New Zealand, and his own personal Pennsylvania trifecta, Pittsburgh, Wilkes-Barre and his hometown of Bethlehem. He now resides in Long Beach, California with his favorite blondes, writer-editor wife Lisa and dog Betsy, but he will undoubtedly move again, because that’s just what he does.

Canfield’s books include Dark Sky, Blue Fire, Red Earth and White Rain (the first four books in his Max Bowman series); What's Driving You???: How I Overcame Abuse and Learned to Lead in the NBA (co-authored with Keyon Dooling and Lisa Canfield); Pill Mill: My Years of Money, Madness, Sex and Drugs (co-authored with Christian Valdes and Lisa Canfield); and 226: How I Became the First Blind Person to Kayak the Grand Canyon (co-authored with Lonnie Bedwell. Blue Fire was a 2016 Silver Honoree in the Benjamin Franklin Digital Awards as well as a semi-finalist in the Book Life Prize in Fiction competition. Red Earth was a 2017 Gold Honoree in the Benjamin Franklin Digital Awards. He has also co-written two Hallmark movies, Eat, Play, Love and Yes, I Do with Lisa Canfield, and they contain no swearing or violence.

For more about Joel and his lovely wife, visit www.gethipcreative.com.

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