Matt and his dog Hank attempt to sail away from heartbreak on his sloop, the Lonesome Dove. But Matt's wife Julie died a wrongful death, and there must be retribution for t...

Clucked by Troy Hollan is a compelling adventure novel that explores a man’s grief and redemption on a sailing journey through the Gulf Coast. Matt, who recently suffered the wrongful death of his wife, leaves on his boat, the Lonesome Dove, accompan...

A nautical comic adventure with a bereaved man and his dog hitting the high seas in order to find a way to live again.

Traumatized by his wife’s death in an accident caused by a truck driver asleep at the wheel, Matt seeks justice from the truck’s own...

When Matt lost Julie, the love of his life, he sought escape, along with Hank, his old, half-blind rat terrier-chihuahua mix, via a voyage on his old Pearson Vanguard sloop, Lonesome Dove.

The story of Julie’s death due to the negligence of a wealthy...

What begins as an attempt to escape the heartache following the death of his beloved wife, Matt sets out alone to complete the sailing adventure they had hoped to take together. The last remnant of his shattered family, his old, half-blind dog, Hank ...

In his delightful debut novel, Troy Hollan takes readers on a maritime adventure rife with mishaps, humor, and unexpected friendships. To heal his heart after the loss of his beloved wife to an overworked employee of a huge chicken corporation, Matt,...

Clucked by Troy Hollan is a tantalizing blend of redemption, adventure and one man's efforts to deal with loss. Two years after the death of his beloved wife Julie in a car crash, Matt is still reeling from shock. Efforts to b...

Hollan’s debut promises ‘quirkiness’—it hits the mark…and goes beyond! ‘Clucked’ is a captivating and offbeat adventure wrapping readers into a journey of self-discovery, redemption, and a quest for justice. Matt, the protagonist, embarks on a voyage...

In his poignant, enormously enjoyable debut novel, “Clucked,” author and veteran sloop sailor Troy Hollan opens up a fascinating new world to those of us land-bound souls who’ve never been sailing in “blue water,” as the open sea is called in nautica...

Troy Hollan’s Clucked is a fun and fast-paced romp through perilous waters. Matt, still grieving the loss of his wife in a car accident, decides to pack up and sail the world with his rat terrier Hank. Starting from Corpus Christi, Texas, the pair pi...

Troy Hollan's seafaring novel, Clucked, has the singular distinction of making me care about a guy whose life is screwed over by chicken nuggets. It's partly a journey of self-healing as Matt grapples with the untimely (and ethically suspicious) deat...

Taking off in his sailboat to find a way forward after the death of his wife, Matt encounters so much more on his jo...

It’s a difficult case, though, to give a man back his heart.” (John Travolta as the Archangel Michael in the film Michael.)

Clucked is a story on two levels. It’s the story of a man finally choosing to live again, and it’s also the story of the search...

Nicholas Sparks meets Jurassic Park in Troy Hollan’s highly entertaining debut. An engaging blend of nautical adventure, corporate greed, and a fight for justice, CLUCKED whisks you out to sea with Matt, a solitary young sailor with a heart full of s...