The Eskimo Slugger (Unabridged)

The Austin Trilogy: Book Three. It's the summer of 1983, and Trent Days is Major League Baseball's rookie sensation. Born in Alaska to an Inupiat mother, the press have dubbed him the Eskimo Slugger, but a midseason collision at home plate temporarily halts his meteoric rise to the top. Sent back to Austin to recuperate, Trent visits his favorite record store, where he meets amiable law student Brendan Baxter. As Trent's feelings move from casual to serious, he's faced with an impossible dilemma. Does he abandon any hope of a future with Brendan and return to the shadows and secrets of professional sports? Or does he embrace the possibility of real love and leave baseball behind him forever? Runner-up, 2015 Rainbow Awards, Best Gay Contemporary General Fiction.