The Summer that Melted Everything

Dive into the hauntingly beautiful narrative of 'The Summer That Melted Everything,' a gripping novel by Tiffany McDaniel. Set in the small, sun-baked town of Breathed, Ohio, this thought-provoking story blends elements of suspense, fantasy, and deep emotional resonance to explore themes of community, redemption, and the complexities of evil. When local prosecutor Autopsy Bliss invites the devil to visit, he never anticipates the arrival of Sal—a mysterious thirteen-year-old boy who stirs both fear and fascination among the townsfolk.

As Sal becomes entwined in the Bliss family, strange incidents unfold in a town simmering under an unrelenting heat wave. Is Sal merely a traumatized child or could he, in fact, be the devil? His riddles and profound insights delve into the realms of Heaven and Hell, beckoning readers into a chilling exploration of morality and belief.

This captivating debut novel, with its evocative prose and unsettling premise, will leave you questioning the nature of good and evil. Perfect for anyone intrigued by literary fiction that blurs the lines between reality and allegory, 'The Summer That Melted Everything' will mesmerize and haunt long after the last page is turned. Grab your copy today and experience a novel that is as unsettling as it is beautifully crafted.

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781925321302
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2016
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Pages: 320


Description:
When local prosecutor Autopsy Bliss publishes an invitation to the devil to come to the country town of Breathed, Ohio, nobody quite expects that he will turn up. They especially don't expect him to turn up as a tattered and bruised thirteen-year-old boy.

Fielding, the son of Autopsy, finds the boy outside the courthouse and brings him home, and he is welcomed into the Bliss family. The Blisses believe the boy, who calls himself Sal, is a runaway from a nearby farm town. Then, as a series of strange incidents implicate Sal - and riled by the feverish heat wave baking the town from the inside out - there are some around town who start to believe that maybe Sal is exactly who he claims to be.

But whether he's a traumatised child or the devil incarnate, Sal is certainly one strange fruit- he talks in riddles, his uncanny knowledge and understanding reaches far outside the realm of a normal child, and ultimately his eerily affecting stories of Heaven, Hell, and earth will mesmerise and enflame the entire town.

Devastatingly beautiful, The Summer That Melted Everything is a captivating story about community, redemption, and the dark places where evil really lies.


'Tiffany McDaniel's The Summer That Melted Everything is a wonderfully original, profoundly unsettling, deeply moving novel that delivers both the shock of fully realized reality and the deep resonance of parable. This is a remarkable debut by a splendid young writer.'
- Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain

'Sometimes there is a novel so strange and beguiling it makes you give up your world for another world, all the while that you are reading it. Such a
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