The Day the Earth Swallowed Louis
Jeffrey Miller
eBook
(Rockwell Road Books, April 1, 2019)
Louis Patterson is having a bad day. A very bad day. His wife left him. He's in a dead-end job. He gets robbed. His favorite TV show was canceled. And then a sinkhole opens up under his house.Louis is a troubled vet, who’s haunted by the death of his best friend when they were deployed to Afghanistan with their National Guard unit—a death that Louis feels responsible for. Once back home, things don't go too well for Louis. He's forced to take a dead-end job at Dollar Discount Warehouse after being laid off from a canning factory in town where he had worked for over twenty years. However, before he can get back on his feet, his wife, Mia, packs up the kids and moves in with her sister. His misery is further compounded by the first anniversary of his friend's death.Meanwhile, a fracking company outside of town triggers an earthquake which sets in motion a series of events causing a sinkhole to open up under Louis’s house. While rescuers race to save Louis trapped at the bottom of the sinkhole, the whole town turns out to cheer on Louis and the rescue attempt. With time and options running out, will Louis be rescued or will the earth entomb him forever?What Readers Are Saying:A fitting fable for the chaotic and confusing modern age.Reading like a Bruce Springsteen song in its opening chapters, The Day the Earth Swallowed Louis quickly develops into a work of deeper significance, bringing the reader through a tale of a life gone sideways... but redeemed in the end by an indomitable spirit and the beating heart of a hero.