The Hollow Series is a commercial fiction trilogy set in Boone County, West Virginia and published by Mountain State Press.
SERENDIPITY HOLLOW was the first novel of a trilogy set in central West Virginia. Sensitive to the fact that mining coal has benefits as well as costs, author David Brown makes the struggles over mountaintop removal come alive in SENEDIPITY HOLLOW without populating his tale with saintly environmentalists and evil company men. A West Virginian, Brown understands and dramatizes the clash of poverty and opportunity in the coalfields. The story follows the clash of two people on opposite sides of the contentious Appalachian issue, and during the way, they enrich the life of an abandoned twelve year-old boy, Frank Arthur.
GAP HOLLOW The sequel to SERENDIPITY HOLLOW ten years later is the story of Frank Arthur’s quest to learn his father’s identity. Timber and copper thefts, crystal meth abuse and murder conspire to complicate Frank’s search and have consequences that threatens his integrity and life.
SANDLICK HOLLOW A death puts Frank Arthur in control of a private thirty million dollar scholarship endowment. Swindlers, lethal racists, and fools are soon hatching schemes to seize control of the fortune. SANDLICK HOLLOW is the story of the intense rivalry between Frank Arthur endeavoring to protect the endowment and a financial planner seeking to raid it.
