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The Belcher: A Novel by Luke Schmaltz

The Belcher Audiobook is now available via multiple online outlets: Click here for the full list …

Paperback Version Available Now! Click here to buy …

Overserved Underdog … Synopsis

A long-brewing clash between a Mile-High music legend and an aggressive government censor has come to a head, as Pablo Vasquez — aka The Soothsayer — must contend with the diabolical Blatherskite and his minions. To bolster his crusade, Vasquez recruits Earl Danners — a prolific beer drinker with a burgeoning talent for belching forth sonic blasts of guttural decimation.

A reluctant hero, Earl must quickly grow into his role of The Belcher as advancing forces of evil threaten to stomp out every iteration of artistic expression and rip apart the very essence of life itself.

The Soothsayer and The Belcher encounter other outcasts and biological super freaks, and form a rag-tag team of vigilantes with Knockers, Red-eye Robinson, The Whine-o and an alluring femme fatale named Cricket.

Together, they align against Blatherskite, the ranks of the Environmental Agency of Restrictions (EAR), the Army National Guard and a sinister, stench-spewing super villain known as The Gasser.

The standoff escalates into an urban war, and the face of downtown Denver will never again be the same …

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The Belcher is fantasy fiction novel
The Belcher drinks beer and fights injustice with supersonic belch-blasts of guttural decimation.

09-29-2020 — The Belcher paperback will be released in early October, 2020 …

Mutiny Press — publisher of The Belcher eBook — will have the paperback available for retail sale beginning on October 1st, 2020. Due to Covid-19 concerns, a traditional live reading and book signing will be postponed until a later time. In the meantime, you can sign up for the email newsletter to stay updated on all the details. The form will pop up, or is in a static field below. Mutiny Information Cafe is located at 2 S. Broadway, Denver, CO.

The Belcher paperback is also available via this website … click here to buy.

Orders are fulfilled via mail order and please sign up for The Belcher Brigade Email Newsletter for updates on the audiobook release date.

The Belcher audiobook will also be available in early November via this website. The recent move to Montana has put things a tad behind schedule, plus, the technical demands of this undertaking has forced this writer to do a lot of technical reading in order to navigate a steep learning curve.

The good news is that all 45 chapters are read by author Luke Schmaltz (also a seasoned actor) and the opus comes complete with sound effects and never before-heard recordings of songs original to the story of The Belcher.

07/01/2020 — Mutiny Information Cafe to Release The Belcher eBook …

Often referred to as “the epicenter of cultural mojo,” this Denver coffee shop/comic book seller/performance venue/bookstore has long-served as the vortex of the local arts community. Mutiny Books was set to publish The Belcher in paperback in June of 2020. The pandemic has interrupted that plan, yet this Denver mainstay is holding strong. Mutiny Information Cafe released The Belcher in eBook format on April 24th. Click here to purchase … thanks for supporting independent Denver businesses!

As the late Denver Joe once said, “Every little drop helps …”

Speaking of Denver Joe, The Soothsayer Special Belcher Blend of coffee will be introduced along with the eBook. Get your fiction-inspired Joe here. The Soothsayer character is heavily inspired by the legendary country/western Mile-High musician and aims to honor his legacy.

The Soothsayer Coffee
The Soothsayer Coffee blended and introduced by Mutiny Information Cafe — publisher of The Belcher.

You can also get the Belcher here (Amazon Kindle link).

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