In The Bogs of Surrendered Names, Ronnie Vseslav is an aging rock star who has everything but a place to belong. He is drawn to an isolated and sentient hotel, where through distortions of time, he is caught up in strange dynamics between the mysterious hotel owner, the Captain, and his determined assistant, Linda.

In toxic grief, the Captain has removed himself from reality to essentially live in his own thoughts, manifesting both dark nightmares and lushly beautiful worlds in the hotel. Blending past with future and desire with fact, his creation challenges the nature of reality and the malleability of memory and the mind.

As the line between dreams and reality is broken, the secrets that lie within this prison of paradise take the novel to a climax that none in the hotel can escape and pose the questions: What would you do for love? Would you relinquish your life? Could you give up your soul?