“Wow! A fast-paced story, interesting characters that ring true. A real page-turner!” says Diane Swaim, past president of the Middletown Township Education Association

All of Life is a search for Power.
Some find it in themselves and some in others
Some find it in their hate and some in love; some in tears and some in laughter.
Some find it in Heaven, and some…just some…find it in Hell!

…from AND SOME IN HELL

It’s about School.

There’s a principal who hates children, a juvenile delinquent, strong teachers and weak teachers, assorted bad language; secrets told, laws broken, confrontations both verbal and physical, three murders, a deadly student riot, and a janitor who wonders how he’s going to clean up all that blood…

AND, IT’S ONLY TWENTY MINUTES INTO PERIOD ONE!

In the days of innocence, when everyone thought school shootings “couldn’t happen here,” the headline in one large daily American newspaper a few years ago actually read: It Happened Here!

As violence and school shootings have become almost commonplace, there is still an element of surprise and visceral terror when the shooting does happen close to home. The psychological aftermath of such a tragedy is explored in depth in Steve Mamchak’s penetrating novel AND SOME IN HELL .

On a crisp October day at Skyler Middle School – a good school, with good kids, good teachers and in a good suburban Northeastern township – a young man carrying a pistol walks past security. In the turbulence that follows, there are a lot of questions to be asked. Parents struggle to make sense out of the incident, while police rush to investigate every angle. Yet out of this seemingly senseless tragedy, comes a shattering understanding and a rare breed of courage. Readers will be left guessing what really happened until the very end.

Hard Cover - 6x9 - 280 pages - $27.25

ISBN: 978-1-60860-003-8
ISBN / SKU: 1-60860-003-