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The Sum of Seven Thousand Sunsets: a novel of baseball and America in the early Twentieth Century
The Sum of Seven Thousand Sunsets
is a story about people at different stages of life searching for purpose and community through their hard-luck baseball club.
The 1916 baseball season is about to begin, and the Louisville Blues are in shambles. Their players are a ragtag mix of rejects from other teams, untested rookies, and over-the-hill veterans. Their manager is over seventy years old and has yet to win a championship in the Twentieth Century. The club’s new owner is only twenty-five, and she knows nothing about baseball. The team plays in the oldest, smallest, most run-down stadium in big league baseball. To say that expectations are low would be a tremendous understatement.
However, unbeknownst to the Blues, their toughest challenges in the season ahead have little to do with balls and strikes. American society grows more fractured each day, pulled apart by shocking racial violence, a contentious presidential election, and brutal wars in Europe and Mexico. Then, an unspeakable tragedy threatens the very existence of the club itself. If the Blues wish to survive, their only hope is in each other.
In his debut novel, Will Herman tells the story of an underdog baseball club’s improbable season during a tumultuous year. Fans of baseball, historical fiction, and Americana will find much to be excited about, but the experiences shared in this story will resonate with readers of all backgrounds and walks of life.
The 1916 baseball season is about to begin, and the Louisville Blues are in shambles. Their players are a ragtag mix of rejects from other teams, untested rookies, and over-the-hill veterans. Their manager is over seventy years old and has yet to win a championship in the Twentieth Century. The club’s new owner is only twenty-five, and she knows nothing about baseball. The team plays in the oldest, smallest, most run-down stadium in big league baseball. To say that expectations are low would be a tremendous understatement.
However, unbeknownst to the Blues, their toughest challenges in the season ahead have little to do with balls and strikes. American society grows more fractured each day, pulled apart by shocking racial violence, a contentious presidential election, and brutal wars in Europe and Mexico. Then, an unspeakable tragedy threatens the very existence of the club itself. If the Blues wish to survive, their only hope is in each other.
In his debut novel, Will Herman tells the story of an underdog baseball club’s improbable season during a tumultuous year. Fans of baseball, historical fiction, and Americana will find much to be excited about, but the experiences shared in this story will resonate with readers of all backgrounds and walks of life.
221 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 28, 2024
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