The Midtown Scholar Bookstore is honored to welcome local author Joel Burcat for the book launch celebration of his new novel, REAP THE WIND. Burcat will be in conversation with local author Tory Gates. This event is free and open to the public!
To enter the signing line, books must be purchased from the Midtown Scholar Bookstore. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event, or you may preorder a copy of the book for pickup/shipment.
Josh Goldberg is a young lawyer from a prestigious Philadelphia law firm. His girlfriend Kiesha is unconscious and in the hospital. She’s eight months pregnant and may be giving birth to their baby. He’s in Houston and she’s in Cincinnati, one-thousand miles away. The worst climate change-induced hurricane of the century separates them and there are no flights for days. He manages to rent an old Lincoln Continental limo from his friend, the limo driver. His travel companions are his alcohol and drug-addicted best friend and his boss who connives to derail his arrangements so she can get to Philadelphia for a business meeting. Also, she has lascivious plans for Josh.
Josh is torn between taking a perilous road-trip to be with the woman he loves or riding out the hurricane in his five-star hotel room. Then he finds out the former love of Kiesha’s life is her new doctor. Finally, all of his doubts are cast aside and he decides to make the insane drive to be with her. The problem is the odyssey may be a suicide trip.
About the Speakers:
Joel Burcat is a novelist and retired environmental and energy lawyer living in Harrisburg, Pa. His previous novels, Drink to Every Beast, Amid Rage, and Strange Fire have been award-winning thrillers. He is a Gold Medal Winner from Readers’ Favorite for Environmental Fiction, a Finalist of the Next Gen Indie Book Awards, and a winner of the PennWriters Annual Writing Contest.Strange Fire was a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Week. He was selected as the 2019 Lawyer of the Year in Environmental Litigation (for Central PA) by Best Lawyers in America He has also edited two award- winning non-fiction works on environmental and oil and gas law. For more information: www.joelburcat.com.
Tory Gates has produced books for the Young Adult and Contemporary Fiction world since 2013. He takes readers to exotic locales, everyday places and brings to life characters that are complex and relatable, while addressing real-life issues. Tory is the author of the Sweet Dreams Series, a trilogy of works that combine time travel, Japanese culture and the power of music. “Searching for Roy Buchanan,” “Call it Love” and “Shake Hands with the Devil” are all available at Sunbury Press Books. He is also the author of two other Sunbury releases, the award-winning “A Moment in the Sun” and “Live from the Café.” Tory’s first book, “Parasite Girls” was released on Amazon and Smashwords. His seventh work, “How the Story Ends” is set for release in early 2024. A broadcaster of forty years, Tory is a journalist, a presenter, and a producer. He is also the host of The Brown Posey Press Show, a podcast for independent and self-published authors on the BookSpeak Network. Tory produces several BookSpeak programs and the Medical Matters Podcast. He is also known as “DJ`Riff,” host of “The Music Club,” a blues program for the London-based Radio- Airwaves Station. A native of Vermont, Tory lives in Harrisburg, PA with a Maine Coon cat named Kao, and can be found anyplace that serves good coffee!
