Rhythms on a Flaming Drum

I'm not a fan of dystopian fiction - life is depressing enough. But Hopping has created a world, which while dystopian, is completely credible and unfortunately not that far removed from today's reality.

This book takes you as deep, and as far, as you choose to go. The characters and plot lines are richly layered, much like a well crafted piece of music, weaving a kind of magic into a less than Utopian reality.

The water in Calhoun, North Carolina is polluted, the municipal authorities are in weaponized denial, and if the Collective Harlequin theatre troupe doesn't get to the source of the pollution, who will? A seismic plot line compels the reader through a corrupted and perilous world not quite parallel to our own, where an earthquake in Memphis, Tennessee sets Xan Hicks and the beautiful actress Caitlin Schmidt on a collision course with treachery and collusion amongst corporate, government and military figures.