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The Middle of the Air John F. Blair, Publisher A plot hatched in a chocolate shop. Paranoid quasi-government stooges. A major archaeological find in the heart of Appalachia. A clairvoyant girl who speaks truth to power. A hunt for terrorists. An Ecuadorian biophysicist who translates animal thoughts into human speech. The Sisterhood of the Ancient Mountains. An elusive nuclear truck cast in bronze and poured into candy molds. In Kenneth Butcher's rollicking literary techno-mystery, it all makes perfect sense.
Reviews “Fresh as the morning news, The Middle of the Air, set in southern Appalachia, is a story of intrigue, state-of-the-art technology, and global economics and politics. Kenneth Butcher’s narrative has the sweep and verve of a superhighway and the intimate detail of a fine photograph. You will not be able to put it down.” “The next time I require an acre of grasshoppers to be marshaled into a conga line, I shall call upon Kenneth Butcher. The Middle of the Air manages to store neatly all its many and various story lines into an intriguing box and to decorate it with generous handfuls of crackling humor. Immensely and admirably enjoyable! “In fact, the celebrated Ecuadorian biophysicist Henrico Carr rates this novel 9.8 on his Acutely Risible Scale and would have awarded it a perfect 10 except for the dangling participle in the fourth sentence on page 3.”
Links Click here to view the 2010 Independent Publisher Book Awards. The Middle of the Air won the Bronze Medal for Best Regional Fiction (South East)! Click here to download the press release for The Middle of the Air. Click here to read excerpts from The Middle of the Air. Visit Kenneth Butcher's Web site at http://www.kennethbutcher.com. Click here to download the reading group guide for The Middle of the Air. A great video interview with author Ken Butcher:
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