Majestic waterfalls, cascading and splashing; deep rivers, surging and flowing; mountain streams, sparkling and burbling; heavy rain, falling and sweeping; powerful surf, cresting and churning; all God’s work, in which we rejoice, but all things Maxwell tried not to think about as he willed his excruciating bus ride to end.

Archibald Hobbs is looking forward to the publication of his debut novel, “The Glorious Face of Sorrow” (Austin Macauley), later this year. Whilst he primarily writes to impress his wife, he would not object to a wider audience.