For immediate release
Contact: Geoffrey Wells
Mobile: 646 919-0002
Email: geoffreywellsfiction@gmail.com
I help young people and their parents
fight fentanyl by showing them how
to build their authenticity.
“I’d love to chat with you on your podcast about my book
and the lessons buried in the adventure.”
Never Less is an empowering and relatable adventure about two middle grade friends from diverse backgrounds that outsmart an addicted problem dad by fighting fentanyl. This cross-generational novel about addiction, loyalty and an undying friendship will generate vigorous conversations at the dinner table and in middle schools.
A novel with historical context: The tragedy on the North Fork of Long Island.
In August 2021, after the Southold Town community was left devastated when cocaine laced with fentanyl caused six residents to fatally overdose, the author began drafting his story. “What sort of agony must a child endure seeing a parent become an opioid addict? I asked myself how a twelve-year-old must feel knowing that drugs in their community make everyone unsafe. I wrote Never Less in the first person entirely from a middle grader point of view because they are so vulnerable. I wanted to show young readers can harness their authentic powers to overcome the societal threats that surround them, so Never Less is a story of hope.”
By empowering seventh and eighth grade readers—and perhaps their parents and guardians—readers will discover a way to deal with this evil threat, and that empowerment leads to what Wells calls “sacred hope”—a hope that, when coupled with action makes the world better place.
"Never Less deals with a difficult and highly-charged subject in a thoughtful way. Author Geoffrey Wells has taken great care to craft an empathetic novel that will spark important conversations with middle school students."
“This is not just a story about addiction, but a story about two teens who care so much about their fathers that they are willing to do anything to keep them safe. Pablo and Mindy are wise beyond their years, and their tenacity and big hearts showcase the importance of family, biological or chosen.”
About Geoffrey Wells:
Geoffrey Wells has published a trilogy of thrillers, The Trilogy for Freedom with sub-genres ranging from international politics to romantic suspense to eco-thrillers.
His previous eco-thriller, The Drowning Bay dealt with a woman’s quest to help a young boy search for his missing activist mother. Wells also published the picture book, Moonglow written by Peggy Dickerson and illustrated by Cynthia Wells.
Never Less is his fourth novel.
Full biography here.
