A Ghost Story Told
by the Ghost
JUNE 5, 2017 – Rice Paper Press is pleased to
announce the official release of Georgia native Robert Spearman’s new novel, Obadiah:
A Ghost’s Story. The new novel fits into the historical fiction, Southern
gothic, and magical realism genres with a plot that keeps readers guessing as
to what will happen next.
The plot of Spearman’s novel takes place in 1905, Hahira,
Georgia, where Obadiah Sampson, a carpenter’s assistant dies while helping to
build a strange house for one of the town’s wealthiest families, the Stanleys. Two
angels bar him from entering heaven and enlist him for an undefined mission. He
later assumes his task is to protect the Stanleys from their arch rivals, the Leiber
family, a clan who will stop at nothing to reclaim a treasure in gold and
diamonds. Obadiah soon meets the Stanleys' eight-year-old daughter, Avie, who
has the unique ability to see and talk to the kindhearted ghost, and Obadiah
forges a grandfatherly bond with the young girl. After a family tragedy,
Obadiah learns his true task is to protect Avie at all costs.
Obadiah: A Ghost’s Story is available online at all
major booksellers including Amazon.com in both Kindle, paperback, and hardback
versions. Currently, the new novel holds a 4.7 out of 5 stars rating on Amazon,
and customers continue to leave high marks and great reviews for Obadiah.
One recent reader said, “I read hundreds of books each year
but it is seldom that I read one that makes me laugh out loud several times and
then makes me cry at the end. I loved the setting, the characters, and the
story. I can't remember when I've enjoyed a book more.”
More information about Obadiah: A Ghost’s Story can
be found on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PR_Obadiah.
About Robert Spearman
Spearman was born in Hahira, Georgia, where he attended
Lowndes High School in Valdosta and Georgia Christian School in Dasher. Over
the past twelve years, Spearman has lived in China where he attended Beijing
Normal University and became fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
He is the author of Carnies and Wildcats: Ulciscor, A
Time for Diamonds: From the Case Files of Oatmeal and Grits, General Lee’s
Jacket: From the Case Files of Oatmeal and Grits, and the upcoming novels T.
H. E. Knight and Escape from Oddities.
Contact Rice Paper Press:
Ms. Etta Mims, publicity contact for Rice Paper Press
E-mail: publicity@ricepaperpress.com
Phone: 229-834-2668
Contact the Author:
srspearman@gmail.com
