Towpath, The (Paperback)

When the Redeemer learns about an ancient medallion that will allow her to go back in time to prevent her teenage daughter's suicide, she and her band of seventeenth-century Iroquois warriors embark on a mission to recover it. The only problem, however, is Aaron Porter, a shy fourteen-year-old with a garbage-picking hobby, who has discovered the medallion first. And he has his own plans for it. Now, hot on the trail of Aaron and his friends, the Redeemer won't hesitate to recover what's rightfully hers. How far would you go to prevent the death of someone you love, and when? The Redeemer knows, and that's why she'll travel across centuries, removing anyone who stands in her way.

Jonathan Walter is a UX designer, product strategist, leader, entrepreneur, and published author of both fiction and nonfiction. His debut novel, The Towpath—a time-travel suspense thriller about a group of teens pursued by a killer and her band of Iroquois warriors from the past—was published by Collective Ink Books in November 2024.
By day, Jon is a senior UX design professional with more than twenty years of experience leading design strategy for Fortune 500 companies in insurance and industrial automation. He holds nineteen patents for industrial software applications and has also brought his expertise to fast-moving startups in the commercial security and real estate technology industries.
Outside of work, Jon writes extensively on user experience, design, and innovation. His thought leadership has appeared in UXmatters, UX Collective, and The Startup. He has served as a contributing columnist for UXmatters since 2017. As a fiction writer, Jon's short stories have been featured in Ghostlight: The Magazine of Terror (Spring 2019), Dark Dossier #32, and The Devil's Doorbell: An Anthology of Darkest Romance.
Jon lives in the Cleveland, Ohio area with his wife and two sons. Fueled by hoppy beer, strong coffee, and an enduring curiosity about the unknown, he enjoys hiking and biking along the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail in Cuyahoga Valley National Park—the setting that inspired The Towpath.
Fun fact: Jon is a distant descendant of American author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, on his mother's side of the family. Jon is publicly represented by Boundless Media.