PRESS RELEASE Spring 2007
Contact: Mark W. Holdren Media Kit: www.powellhillpress.com/mediakit
FINAL DAYS OF THE ADIRONDACK PARK? The Raven, a riveting, thought-provoking new novel from Mark W. Holdren, imagines a post-apocalyptic Adirondacks at the dawn of the twenty-second century. In exchange for billions in defaulted bonds, the bankrupt State of New York is about to transfer four million acres of Adirondack Park land to a development consortium of Chinese and Saudi banks. Catastrophic climate change and collapse of the debt-driven U.S. economy have devastated the dream that was America. But when a time-traveling twenty-second century adventurer discovers he is lost in the Adirondacks -and it is 1832 - there is hope that America has one last chance to get it right, before everything goes terribly wrong. Legendary Adirondack historical figures –Nat Foster, Alvah Dunning, “Adirondack” Murray, Mitchell Sabattis, John Cheney and more- come alive as The Raven journeys across three centuries of Adirondack history. “The Raven is about all we could lose –our wild, unspoiled places, our rich and diverse environment, our American quality of life –if we don’t act now,” says Holdren. His previous Adirondack novel, Spirit Wolf, explored what the author believes is an undeniable connection between the call of the wild and the power of faith. His newspaper feature writing has been honored by the Associated Press and New York State Newspaper Publishers Association. “Our government is so polarized, so corrupted that it cannot deal with the critical issues that threaten our democracy,” Holdren continues. “I hope, by experiencing an Adirondacks untainted by development and pollution, Raven readers will sense the urgency with which we must come together as a nation, before it is too late.” The Raven is distributed by North Country Books, Utica, NY, (315-735-4877) ISBN 978-0-9760648-1-7. Order at your neighborhood bookseller or visit |
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