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Bryan E. Robinson, Author<\/p>\n

\"\"Bryan E. Robinson\u2019s latest novel is the second installment in his Einstein Brad Pope mystery series, which began with Way DEAD Upon the Suwanee River<\/em>. He is already at work on the third and final book in this series that plays upon the titles of American folk songs with origins in slavery. \u201cFew people realize that \u2018She\u2019ll Be Coming \u2018Round the Mountain\u2019 traces back to the late 1800s spiritual \u2018When the Chariot Comes\u2019, a song about the Second Coming and the destruction of humankind,\u201d Robinson says. \u201cAs it spread through Appalachia, the lyrics softened, but the original meaning endured\u2014the \u2018she\u2019 symbolizing the chariot of the returning Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n

In this new novel, set in Asheville, he visits this apocalyptic theme, with some of the story\u2019s characters busy preparing for end times. \u201cThey view nonbelievers as \u2018zombies\u2019 who will descend once the grid fails and resources vanish,\u201d says Robinson. \u201cBut instead of waiting, the preppers act first\u2014turning fear into violence and prophecy into preemptive murder.\u201d<\/p>\n

The third book in the series will be titled Michael, Row the BODY Ashore<\/em> and will be set in coastal South Carolina. \u201cI have always been intrigued by hypocrisy and the psychological notion that life is an illusion\u2014things are rarely the way they appear on the surface,\u201d Robinson says. \u201cThis theme is grist for the mill for a mystery and emerges in the twists and turns in each of the novels.\u201d<\/p>\n

She\u2019ll Be KILLING \u2018Round the Mountain, April 2026, fiction, paperback, $17.95, by Bryan E. Robinson and published by Level Best Books, Frederick, MD. Keep up with upcoming appearances at BryanRobinsonPhD.com. A stage musical of Way DEAD Upon the Suwanee River will premiere in 2027. Learn more at WayDeadTheMusical.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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