This is a story about people just like you, filled with the audacity of hope, the passion of unstoppable love, and the courage of everyone who has ever dreamed of creating a better world. Fact and fiction march hand-in-hand across the American landscape as the ghost of legendary John Henry haunts Jim Dalton, a corporate lawyer for Standard Coal, and Henrietta Owens, activist and mother, wakes up the nation with some tough-loving truth about the environment, the economy, justice and hope. From The Grapes of Wrath to 1984, every era gives rise to a great protest novel; Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars is ours. Author/Playwright Rivera Sun sings the anthem of our times, liberating us from apathy, healing our despairing souls, and rallying us to meet adversity with gusto. If you read one book this year, read this. "Inspires, uplifts and invigorates you "