MEMOIR OF A DOOMSDAY PROPHET
By RANDALL DEVALLANCE
Edwin Block's days of coasting through life are over. Having failed his latest final exam, his college has placed him on academic suspension. Adrift and facing an uncertain future, he makes the acquaintance of BB, an enigmatic figure who was himself previously suspended from the same school and has returned to campus to exact revenge. His plan? To steal the statue of the college's early benefactor, Thomas Bartholomew Bradford. Roped into assisting BB with his scheme, the pair soon find themselves in trouble with the law and on the run. What follows is a journey across the country, during which Edwin gradually becomes aware of a strange, fatalistic cult whose leader claims to commune with the Gods and have special insights into the fate preordained for humankind. As circumstances lead Edwin to the cult's desert compound, he begins to have visions of his own - a moving truck, a nuclear warhead, and images of Lower Manhattan reduced to rubble. It is a nightmarish scenario he would do anything to avoid bringing about. But does he have a choice?
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Paperback: 232 pages
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Publisher: Beacon Publishing Group
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Language: English
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ISBN-13: 978-1949472318
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Category: Drama | Fiction
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About Author
Randall DeVallance is the author of the novella and short story collection, The Absent Traveler, published in 2010 by Atticus Books. His stories have appeared in dozens of publications online and in print, including McSweeney’s, Eyeshot, Pindeldyboz, and Word Riot. Currently, he lives in Vermont with his wife and daughter.
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