Divine Roosters and Angry Clowns: an Unexpected Gathering

Publisher Marketing: Major league baseball scout Riley Knight is in search of a once-in-a-lifetime pitching prospect when he finds himself stranded at a remote mountain diner after a gigantic solar storm destroys electrical power grids worldwide. The gathered collection of eccentrics includes a self-medicating man with a murderous new bride; a post-traumatic stress suffering senior on the lam; a world-class tap dancer and her psychoneurotic dog; a recovering science fiction memorabilia addict; a beautiful meteorite hunter; and a fry cook with several dark secrets. Cut off from the rest of the electricity-deprived world, the group finds themselves forced to rely on each other with laughingly absurd results. As their situation rapidly deteriorates, the town of Jericho becomes their only hope for survival. But the road to Jericho is fraught with peril that includes menacing fish farmers and a dangerous militia group. Complicating matters is that Jericho may not prove the refuge they hope as the town's inept mayor has been overthrown by its crazily disturbed sheriff. How Riley and his quirky companions survive is anyone's guess! Frank Crimi is a freelance writer and the author of raining frogs & heart attacks: changing my life midstream.