The Rainmaker

by S.J. Richard

DOUBT, DROUGHT, DESTINY, AND INSANITYAll Jack O’Malley wanted to do was settle into a quiet life and forget about the last decade of his life. Returning to the Town of Kanen at the height of a fearsome drought made that impossible. Whether it’s the secret hiding in his crippling memories of the war, the persistent man who tracked him across the continent, the attention of the sadistic mayor, or the lunatic preacher turning neighbor against neighbor, survival has never been so uncertain.

537 pages, Paperback

Published November 16, 2018

About the author

S.J. Richard is a graduate of Marist College, where she studied the art of racking up student loans and the entertaining effects of sleep deprivation. She worked for several New England newspapers while exploring the dynamics of not having a savings account and methods of living off the kindness of tolerant and pitying relatives. She won top honors from the New England Press Association in the late 1990s for her reporting and feature writing. She currently lives in Vermont.