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The Unveiling by Michael Apicello. Everything a reporter, librarian, bookseller or event host needs, free to use with coverage of the book.
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| Title | The Unveiling |
|---|---|
| Author | Michael Apicello |
| Genre | Christian apocalyptic thriller |
| Setting | Painesville and Lake County, Ohio |
| Publication date | October 31, 2026 |
| Publisher | Memory Lane Press |
| Ebook | Kindle, $5.99 (preorder now) |
| Paperback | Coming soon. ISBN 979-8-234-26690-3, 6 x 9 in, 250 pages, $18.99 |
| Length | 35 chapters in four parts, each opening with a verse from the King James Bible |
Short description
When an artificial intelligence tears away the veil hiding the spiritual realm, the world sees the demons that were always there and goes to war. In a church basement in Ohio, one widowed lineman learns the war was never ours to win.
Tagline
The truth was never hidden. Our eyes were.
Bios
Short
Michael Apicello is a Painesville, Ohio author and a former independent bookstore owner. The Unveiling is his Christian apocalyptic thriller, set in Lake County.
Long
Michael Apicello is a Painesville, Ohio author and a former independent bookstore owner who ran The Groovy Squirrel in Walhalla, South Carolina. His novel, The Unveiling, is a Christian apocalyptic thriller set in Painesville and Lake County, a story he carried for fifteen years before writing it down. He is also the author of the children's book Why Moths Are Drawn to Flames (2019).
Suggested interview questions
- You set the end of the world in Painesville. Why here, and what does Lake County look like in the book that it does not look like on an ordinary Tuesday?
- Your main character is a lineman on the night shift at a municipal electric utility. What made you build the story around someone who keeps the lights on for a living?
- You carried this story for fifteen years before you wrote it down. What finally made you sit down and start?
- Every chapter opens with a verse from the King James Bible. How did you choose them, and did any of them change what happened in the chapter that followed?
- You used to run an independent bookstore, The Groovy Squirrel, in Walhalla, South Carolina. How does having sold books change the way you wrote one?
- The novel turns on an artificial intelligence that can measure something people have argued about for thousands of years. How much of that came out of the way AI is arriving in ordinary life right now?
- Apocalyptic fiction often ends in spectacle. Yours spends a lot of its time in a church basement with sixty people and a stray dog. What were you trying to do with that choice?
- What do you want a reader from Painesville to feel when they recognize a street in this book?
Contact
Michael Apicello, mike@michaelapicello.com. Local to Lake County and available for interviews and events throughout November and December.