Autumn Truth – New Memoir
February 2014 — Campanile Press is proud to announce the appearance of a new voice in memoir and travel writing. The dark and murderous history of Sarajevo and the many intricacies of the Bosnian heritage in the region are the subject of Edward Salinas’s acclaimed new memoir. In Autumn Truth, Salinas writes of his time living and working in Sarajevo, and his attempt to bring to light the complex history that created the present turmoil. To schedule Edward Salinas for appearances or readings, contact Linda Marus, Publicity Manager linda.marus@campanilebooks.com...
Available Now: Sinful Folk by Ned Hayes, illustrated by Nikki McClure
January 2014 — Campanile Press is proud to announce the publication of the new historical novel from Ned Hayes, with cover and internal illustrations by New York Times bestselling illustrator and author Nikki McClure. “A pilgrim tale worthy of Chaucer, told by a master storyteller,” — Brenda Vantrease (best-selling historical novelist) Sinful Folk is the story of a treacherous journey as seen by Mear, a former nun who has lived for a decade disguised as a mute and fearful man, raising her son quietly in an isolated village. When her son is killed, Mear wakes from her complacent life and undertakes a desperate journey. The villagers travel across a harsh and unforgiving winter landscape. Propelled forward by a vision of justice, the villagers persevere in the face of bandit raids, ecclesiastical execution orders, starvation, kidnapping, and dissension in their own ranks. Sinful Folk begins in terror and heartache, and ends in triumph and redemption. Endorsed by bestselling historical novelists such as Karen Maitland (The Owl Killers, Company of Liars), Ella March Chase (The Virgin Queen’s Daughter), Brenda Vantrease(The Illuminator, The Heretic’s Wife), and William Dietrich (The Barbed Crown), SINFUL FOLK is a breakthrough novel that stakes a new claim for women’s historical fiction. SINFUL FOLK is an inspiring story of a woman’s perseverance and courage in a stark medieval world: a riveting and suspenseful story told with lyrical beauty and unwavering vision. Like Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent and Geraldine Brooks’ Year of Wonders, Sinful Folk retells history from the perspective of a forgotten woman who finds her voice. An inspiring story of tenacity, perseverance and courage, Sinful Folk will be on many reader’s best-loved bookshelves this winter and spring. To schedule Ned Hayes for appearances or readings, contact Linda Marus, Publicity Manager linda.marus@campanilebooks.com...
Hope Road, new novel from Thomas Singe
December 2013 — Campanile Press is proud to announce publication of Hope Road by Thomas Singe, available today at every bookstore! Hope Road is a contemporary novel of lasting import. When a day laborer of uncertain ethnic origins begins to influence the scions of an exclusive private school in suburban Los Angeles, one privileged father creates a vendetta to get rid of this seemingly untoward and unsavory man. In the course of their conflict, the prejudices of the father and his friends come harshly to the surface, as the day laboring carpenter demonstrates profound love, versatility, and extraordinary vision that takes him from merely being a carpenter to being a vast influence over everything that happens at the school. A “powerful novel of change and insight” (Kathryn Boree), Hope Road is not only the story of one man’s grace under pressure, but also the story of our own broken culture. Hope Road is the story of our breakdown, and a roadmap of how we might reclaim our lost ambitions and find meaning once more. To schedule Thomas Singe for appearances or readings, contact Linda Marus, Publicity Manager linda.marus@campanilebooks.com...
Winner of Emergence Award: Velocity Math by Mans Brookston
October 13, 2013 — Campanile Books is excited to announce that Mans Brookston’s novel VELOCITY MATH has been named the winner of the “Emergence SF Award 2013.” VELOCITY MATH appeared in May 2013 from Campanile Books as one of the first books published on this re-vitalized imprint. Critics received VELOCITY MATH with rapturous acclaim. Excerpts from reviews listed below: “Brilliantly written… a joy to read… Velocity Math is a breakthrough story that brings a dark edge back to science-fiction.” (Michael Derdan) “The true heir to Philip K. Dick.” (Vandiss Burke) An extraordinary debut from a writer worth watching! Mans Brookston’s novel VELOCITY MATH is a profound parody of the American security state, shot through with trenchant observations about contemporary violence, death-wishes, magic and digital mysteries. By the end, seemingly all-powerful software entrepreneurs confront the darker secrets of the human heart in an apocalyptic, post-cyberpunk show-down reminiscent of Thomas Pynchon and William Gibson’s Neuromancer. In New York City in the fall of 2001, in the lull between the collapse of the dot-com boom and the terrible events of September 11th, something unusual is happening. Wracked by old memories and strange portents, an old man recalls what led to the formation of the NSA. Somewhere, buried in his skull, is the truth of how the World Trade Center was built. What he knows just might be explosive, and as he is chased across a draconian American landscape, his memories of Indochina CIA work, hidden South American alliances and extraordinary encounters in Prague began to overwhelm his consciousness. Aimed directly at the contemporary zeitgeist, VELOCITY MATH is a masterwork of paranoia and conspiracy, reminiscent of the best of Thomas Pynchon and Phillip K. Dick. Mans Brookston (born September 7, 1967 in South Africa) is an American author of thriller, science-fiction and graphic novels. Brookston was born in Capetown, South Africa, but now considers himself an American writer. His novel VELOCITY MATH was been nominated for the Emergence Award in Science Fiction by Henry Merganthaler and received the award in October 2013. Brookston’s “post-cyberpunk” fiction has been favorably compared to Thomas Pynchon and to William Gibson. A South African native, Mans Brookston now lives in an undisclosed location in the state of Oregon. To schedule Mans Brookston for appearances or readings, contact Linda Marus, Publicity Manager linda.marus@campanilebooks.com...