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  • The Fireballer

  • A Novel
  • By: Mark Stevens
  • Narrated by: Shea Taylor
  • Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
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The Fireballer

By: Mark Stevens
Narrated by: Shea Taylor
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Summary

A poignant story about hopes, dreams, and how far one man’s talent takes him before he realizes it’s about what you do—and how you do it.

Frank Ryder is unstoppable on the baseball field—his pitches arrive faster than a batter can swing, giving his opponents no chance. He’s being heralded as a game-changing pitcher.

But within the maelstrom of press, adulation, and wild speculation, Frank is a man alone. Haunted by a tragic incident from years past, he yearns to be the best but cannot reconcile the guilt he carries with the man everyone believes him to be. Frank’s path to redemption leads him on a journey back to where his life changed forever, to visit his family, his high school coach, and his brother. Through reconnection and reconciliation with those also deeply affected by the devastating event of Frank’s youth, he finds peace and his place in the world both in and outside the game.

The Fireballer is a lyrical, moving story of undeniable talent and the life-changing power of forgiveness and a subtly romantic ode to America’s favorite pastime.

©2023 Mark Stevens (P)2022 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved
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Critic reviews

“Shea Taylor is outstanding with every voice. He excels at differentiating men's and women's voices and keeps straight Ryder's two girlfriends, a widow, his mother and brother, a team owner, and assorted players and executives. Author Mark Stevens, while a bit heavy in the cynicism department when it comes to the media, has created a well-written book with an intriguing premise and a fascinating plot that is shaped wonderfully by Taylor's narration. Great baseball action, great writing, phenomenal narration.”AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award Winner

“Readers looking for sports fiction heavy on the baseball will enjoy this book.”Library Journal

“Like the game of baseball, the great American pastime, there is much to love in The Fireballer by Mark Stevens…a book to enjoy like it was the seventh game of the World Series and your team won.”New York Journal of Books

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Too technical

Definitely not for non- baseball fans. The level of detail was boring me rigid. I lasted as long as I could then had to give in.

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