The Summer That Melted Everything

By: Tiffany McDaniel

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Fielding Bliss has never forgotten the long, crazy summer of 1984, when a heat wave scorched Breathed, Ohio. It was the year he became friends with the devil.

Sal seems to appear out of nowhere - a bruised and tattered 13-year-old boy claiming to be the devil himself answering an invitation. Fielding Bliss, the son of a local prosecutor, brings him home, where he's welcomed into the Bliss family, who assume he's a runaway from a nearby farm town.

When word spreads that the devil has come to Breathed, not everyone is happy to welcome this self-proclaimed fallen angel. Murmurs follow him, and tensions rise along with the temperatures as an unbearable heat wave rolls into town right along with him. As strange accidents start to occur, some in the town, riled by the feverish heat, start to believe that Sal is exactly who he claims to be.

While the Bliss family wrestles with their own personal demons, a fanatic drives the town to the brink of a catastrophe that will change this sleepy Ohio backwater forever.

©2016 Tiffany McDaniel (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Brilliant Debut Novel

The writing and imagination going into this novel are fresh and pure brilliance! I loved this book and look forward to more from this talented new author!

Tough Read

This is one of those books that is a great story but it would be hard for me to recommend because it is filled with such tough content to get through. This is definitely not a happy summer story, so if that's what you are looking for, move along. It is beautifully written literary fiction that will tear up your soul. I had to know how it ended, but I couldn't wait for it to be over honestly.

The performer was awesome. He truly brought the horror and heartache of the summer that melted everything into brilliant clarity.

I Hope

I hope I will never forget this book. i plan to listen to it again..

I recommend this book.

Beautiful story

I felt so many things while listening to this. Its beautiful and a perfect look into small town midwest life.

poetic, painful and poignant

Tiffany Mc Daniel is insightful beyond her years. Narrative, visual poetry. Beautifully, painfully realised characters.