Arkansas Black
by Alexander Blevens
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Pub Date Oct 14 2025 | Archive Date Dec 25 2025
Lost Meridian Press | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
A DYING ORCHARD
A CARNAL SECRET
A BROTHER’S LAST STAND
Tragedy strikes a Northwest Arkansas orchard when a late spring frost destroys the apple crop. Faced with bankruptcy, Jesse Fitch prepares to leave the family farm with his wife and son. His identical twin brother, however, vows to stay and braces for a fight against anyone who tries to displace him. Before the family can split, tragedy strikes again, revealing a secret that forever binds the twins together. As one brother clashes with the other, stretching bloodlines to a breaking point, the ultimate survival of the Fitch clan is uncertain.
Like two trees planted in the same spot and reaching for the same light, the Fitch twins can no longer thrive together; one must fall to the axe.
This historical thriller, and winner of the 2023 William Faulkner Literary Award, will keep readers up late at night. Written as if Cormac McCarthy rewrote John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath, Alexander Blevens’s gritty prose and genuine characters bring rural 1920s Arkansas back to life.
A Note From the Publisher
eBook: 9798999079411
Advance Praise
Through vivid prose and unflinching honesty, Alexander Blevens delves into the moral ambiguities and emotional fault lines that define his characters in his latest novel, Arkansas Black. Intricate layers of betrayal, loyalty, and redemption unravel with a pace that is both deliberate and gripping. Readers find themselves questioning the boundaries of duty and love, as the story builds toward a conclusion as haunting as it is inevitable. Arkansas Black is not merely a retelling but a reinvention of timeless themes, rendered with a poignancy that lingers long after the final page.
–Johnnie Bernhard, author of Hannah and Ariela
Marketing Plan
Author tour and book signing in Northwest Arkansas and Mississippi. Social media promotion. Author's website and blog promotion.
Author tour and book signing in Northwest Arkansas and Mississippi. Social media promotion. Author's website and blog promotion.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9798999079404 |
| PRICE | $15.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 310 |
