Jasper attorney publishes second book

Jasper attorney and business owner Tommy Birk has published his second novel, Zero God.

Set in the gently rolling hills of Southwestern Indiana, Zero God begins with Andy Balbach’s innocent jog on a cold February morning. From there, it is anything but innocent as Andy and his estranged wife, Rhonda, along with a cast of colorful characters, take on a mysterious but influential foundation based in Washington D.C.

Led by a charismatic charlatan, the foundation is on the cusp of hijacking the American government to attain its apocalyptic vision of the future based on its extreme religious views. To this end it has placed a ‘Manchurian candidate’ into the political system, one who unbeknownst to them was involved in the rape culture of the Abu-grave prison controversy.

Birk said that it is satisfying to publish another novel. “I spent hundreds of hours researching and writing,” he added. “Much of the credit goes to my publisher, Calumet Editions, and to others — like teachers — who taught me how to spell and write.”

Calumet Editions published Birk’s new book.

“Calumet Editions selected Tommy Birk and published Zero God based his highly praised novel, Beneath The Rock. Calumet looks forward to publishing Birk’s next novel,” Gary Lindberg, director of Calumet Editions in Minneapolis, Minn., said.

Zero God and Beneath The Rock are available in both e-Book and paperback on Amazon and other outlets where fine books are sold.

Birk was raised in Jasper. His interests include the history of German immigration to America, reading thrillers and mysteries, and studying ‘cutting edge’ and futuristic science. He particularly enjoys fiction writing, which includes real historical events and imagined future events.

Birk traces his fascination with woodlands back to his German forbears from Bavaria and the Black Forest of Germany. His family owns forested lands and these spark many of his ideas. But his writings go further; he has been an activist of the type that embraces a changing world, one which struggles daily with new questions of right and wrong. He admits that his writings reflect his opinions. He is a graduate of the Purdue University School of Engineering and the Vanderbilt University School of Law.