Root That Mountain Down
The
newest Award-Winning novel by critically acclaimed author, Evan L. Balkan
Released and published by Tuscany Bay Books
The book is available worldwide in print and e-format
Felix Laszlo is on a somber mission: Retrieving the body of
his murdered father, a doctor who had volunteered to treat the civilian
casualties in war-torn Sierra Leone, and bringing him home to be buried in the
United States.
Along the way Felix will discover how little he
knew about his father, Africa and himself. Once in Africa, Felix will see
first-hand the greed and corruption that is commonplace in the "blood
diamond" trade. But he will also find beauty, heartbreak, joy as well as
the path to his future.
Link: EVANBALKAN | Tuscany Bay Books
About Evan:
Evan Balkan teaches creative
writing at the Community College of Baltimore County. His fiction and nonfiction, mostly in the
areas of travel and outdoor recreation, have been published throughout the
United States as well as in Canada, England, and Australia.
A graduate of Towson, George
Mason, and Johns Hopkins Universities, he is also the author of 60 Hikes within
60 Miles: Baltimore; Vanished! Explorers Forever Lost; and Shipwrecked! Deadly
Adventures and Disasters at Sea (Menasha Ridge Press), as well as Walking
Baltimore (Wilderness Press) and Lope de Aguirre: Revolutionary of the Americas
(University of New Mexico Press). Evan’s newest book, Root
That Mountain Down was the recipient of the Individual Artist Award for Fiction from the
Maryland State Arts Council.
Evan lives in Towson, Maryland.
To request additional review copies or an interview with Evan, please contact Mickey Mikkelson at Creative Edge Publicity: mickey.creativeedge@gmail.com / 403.464.6925.
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