Even now, when most fans hear a solo song from one of the ex-Beatles, there's a wince of regret. What if?

This novel brings The Beatles back to vibrant life as grown men entering their thirties, brothers who decide to fight a little harder to keep the band they built and the company they'd just started.

The book's cast of characters includes Hunter Thompson, Steve Jobs, Johnny Carson, Muhammad Ali, Richard Nixon, Teddy Kennedy, Linda Ronstadt, Bernardine Dohrn, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord Beeching, Ken Kesey, J. Edgar Hoover, and Stanley Kubrick. And, of course, John, Paul, George and Ringo, plus their hugely significant others; Linda, Yoko, Pattie and Maureen.

The story will surprise you. What else would you expect in a book about new Beatles adventures?

It's the 50th anniversary of the break-up of the Beatles. The highly-anticipated Peter Jackson documentary, "The Beatles: Get Back," will be released on September 4th.

That doc will raise the question about What If The Beatles Stayed Together? Our book has the answer in a history that's completely rewritten in Once There Was a Way.

Now available as a paperback, ebook and audiobook!

The audiobook has been produced by Audible.com, and is  narrated by the award-winning Gerard Doyle who also does all the voices, including a very fun interpretation of John, Paul, George and Ringo.

For the Beatles fan who has everything.

Once There Was a Way just WON the Sidewise Award for Alternate History! The first BREAKPOINT novel -- Surrounded by Enemies: What If Kennedy Survived Dallas? — actually aslo WON the Sidewise Award, an award previously won by Michael Chabon, Philip Roth and Harry Turtledove. 

Bryce Zabel is a Hollywood writer/producer who's created five primetime TV series, written produced feature films, worked as a CNN correspondent, and served as the CEO of the Television Academy that gives out the Emmys. He's a winner himself of the Writers Guild screenwriting award for his miniseries work.