"The President of the United States of America had a terrible headache"¦" So begins T. K. Marion's novel, Kill the Devil, scheduled for release in July to coincide with the 144th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The book bridges two embattled minds: the author's and that of the nation's sixteenth commander-in-chief. In Lincoln, Marion found a man beset with depression, an illness the author knows only too well, himself a victim of bipolar disorder.
Kill the Devil is a story of ordinary men called upon to perform extraordinary deeds. The time is 1864. The Union objective: end the war! The plan: assassinate Confederate General Robert E. Lee. "If we eliminate him, the South will collapse," insists the president's top military advisor. Distraught by the seemingly endless conflict, Abraham Lincoln reluctantly gives his consent. For the handpicked assassin, Captain Jonathan Westmoreland, a roller-coaster ride of daring and intrigue ensues.
T. K. Marion is a native of Tidewater, Virginia, and the proud son of a career naval officer. An alumnus of Penn's Wharton School, he contributes much of his free time appearing at public forums related to education and mental health. Partial proceeds of Kill the Devil and subsequent novels by T. K. Marion will fund the "Thirteen Stars Scholarship Foundation" for persons afflicted with cystic fibrosis. (The foundation is currently under construction.) Marion's next novel, East Wind, Rain, is a Cold War espionage thriller and scheduled for release in 2008.
To schedule an interview with the author or to receive a copy of the novel for media review, contact publicist Trish Doll at 717.445.6377 or tdoll@publicity-works.com.
NEW BOOK RELEASE:KILL THE DEVILAuthor: T. K. Marion
Price: Hardcover $34.95; Paperback $26.95 (Now
available for purchase at author's website; coming
to major online booksellers in August.)
Publisher: Thirteen Stars Press, 344 pages
ISBN: Hardcover: 978-1-4303-2041-8;
Paperback: 978-0-615-14793-2