First Reviews of The Connection in Everything are in!

Opening in May 2025 and set in Worcester, Massachusetts, The Connection in Everything is a beautifully controlled and interesting novel that offers much more than just a simple coming-of-age story. It’s a multifaceted narrative, unfolding through Amaro “Am” Marzano’s first-person perspective, that tackles weighty themes and explores cerebral issues, touching upon philosophy with a deceptively […]

The Means of Keeping is Out Today!

Dear Readers, I’m thrilled to share some exciting news about my novel, “The Means of Keeping,” which was released today, July 12th, 2024. After three years of in-depth research and countless hours spent weaving together the intricacies of our current climate challenges with the emotional depth of human relationships, I am eager for you to […]

The Means of Keeping is Out Today!

Dear Readers, I’m thrilled to share some exciting news about my novel, “The Means of Keeping,” which was released today, July 12th, 2024. After three years of in-depth research and countless hours spent weaving together the intricacies of our current climate challenges with the emotional depth of human relationships, I am eager for you to […]

Review Highlights so far for The Means of Keeping

This semi-romantic, semi-post-apocalyptic novel spins an electrifying tale of love, loss, friendship, and activism in a climate-challenged near future America. Old-flame best friends Tereza and David seek each other’s companionship after a deadly “microburst” in a thunderstorm claims the lives of their partners and kids. For eighteen months of loss and loneliness, Tereza sleeps with […]

The Means of Keeping Book Review by The Independent Book Review

The Means of Keeping By Rich Marcello Genre: Literary Fiction / Climate Fiction Reviewed by Nick Rees Gardner A moving cli-fi novel exploring the physical, psychological, and interpersonal issues that accompany the climate crisis David Luca and Tereza Allard have been friends since they were young, all the way back to when the state of […]

Book Review Directory Review of The Means of Keeping

The Means of Keeping by Rich Marcello takes readers on a profound journey that brings together real-world climate issues and the fictional world. As readers follow the journey of best friends David and Tereza, they will experience a compelling contemporary fiction that discusses poignant social, political, and economic topics through an immersive story. The book […]

One Month Until The Release of Cenotaphs

One month until the release of my new novel, Cenotaphs! Here’s some of the early feedback: Rich Cenotaphs is a beautiful, timely, powerful novel. I read it slowly, savoring each scene. Its elegance, intelligence, poignancy, and humanity remind me of Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See.––Mark Spencer, author of An Untimely Frost Cenotaphs is a masterful, moving […]

Indies Today on The Latecomers

Rich Marcello writes with the grace of a poet. The narrative is filled with vitality and is steeped in elegance. Reality crosses over seamlessly into mythology and mysticism. ……. Close relationships in a variety of forms are core to the story. The Latecomers is life affirming and beautiful. Marcello writes a story that is truly […]