Retired science writer Harlan Berger dabbles in science fiction with novel “Catchfly”

For readers who are drawn to narratives such as shown in the films “The Postman” and “The Book of Eli,” they will love “Catchfly” (Gatekeeper Press; 2021) by Harlan Berger.
 
“Catchfly” revolves around the premise that social unrest, disease, and environmental change will tear the country apart and perhaps the world. The story takes place in southern Poconos and Central Pennsylvania and in a time where the damage has already been done. “In a near-future world blasted by calamities we know and now merely hold at bay,” said Berger about the setting of “Catchfly.”
 
It’s the story of two people, both of them fighting to survive. Robert, who is walking toward home many miles away, comes across Marja, whose husband and daughter were murdered. He saves her from the murderers. Their path takes them through alarms and attacks while they resurrect their old love and celebrate their love for music and literature in a country that has descended into chaos not seen since the French and Indian War. 
 
Harlan Berger’s “Catchfly” deserves a movie adaptation. The book is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Walmart.
 
Make sure to check out the public exhibit of “Catchfly” at the Tucson Festival of Books 2022 on March 12-13, 2022, at the University of Arizona Mall, Tucson, AZ. 
 
Catchfly
Author | Harlan Berger
Published date | August 2021
Publisher | Gatekeeper Press
Book retail price |$17.95
 
Author Bio
 
Harlan Berger is a retired science writer (Penn State) who has written for the Centre Daily Times and the Lock Haven Express newspapers. For the Express, he wrote for eight years a weekly column. He is co-author of the Prentice-Hall text Handball. He was one of the founders of Research/Penn State, the University’s science magazine. He, his wife Shirley who gave him the “Catchfly” title, and their sons, Brian and David, lived for twenty-some years in the 1833 Simon Pickle fieldstone house, located in Madisonburg, PA. The home is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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