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The Lightning Keeper is a sweeping, epic novel of ambition, love, and enterprise in America. It's the story associated with an unlikely Romeo and Juliet romance at the dawn of the electric age, with the country balancing on the brink of world war and a scientific revolution.In 1914, Toma Pekocevic is a penniless immigrant in New York, recently escaped from the bloody politics of the Balkans that contain claimed most of his family. He's also a gifted inventor who designs a revolutionary water turbine while dealing with Harriet Bigelow, scion of the proud Connecticut iron-making dynasty now fallen on crisis. Their attraction is immediate and overwhelming, but every circumstance is against them.Toma is eventually drawn inside the professional empire of General Electric, his machine an essential cog in its grand scheme to provide electricity to the complete country. His invention is all he has after losing Harriet to a wealthy politician, but Toma is set to win her back, setting the stage for a confrontation which could change not only his life but the course of scientific progress.Deeply evocative and utterly engrossing, The Lightning Keeper is a rich tapestry of technology, romance, and war -- an unforgettable and distinctly American saga that establishes Starling Lawrence among the most talented writers at work today.Performed by Terence Aselford
