POMA member Joel Herrling has released his first novel, The Echoes of the Bedrock: Ease the Knot of Memory.
For Parker Thorne, Belarock Farm is more than family land—it is the foundation of everything he knows. It holds his grandfather’s lessons, his uncle Jimmy’s troubled legacy, and generations of stories rooted in the soil.
When the farm is threatened, Parker fights to preserve it while grief, family conflict, and old wounds challenge his marriage and his role as a father. But losing the land may force him to discover that a legacy is not simply something we inherit—it is something we choose to carry forward.
The Echoes of the Bedrock is a heartfelt story of family, faith, forgiveness, and the courage to begin again. At its heart is a question familiar to anyone who has ever loved a place, a tradition, or the people who came before them: What remains when the things we thought would always be there are gone?
Even when the land is lost, the roots remain.
About the Author
Joel Herrling is a New York-based outdoor writer, hunter, and first-time novelist. His appreciation for hunting, family traditions, the outdoors, and the stories connected to the land helped inspire The Echoes of the Bedrock.
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