September 19, 2011
From an MVCC press release:
Moraine Valley faculty member donating penned novel, to do book signing
Mark Derdzinski, assistant professor of English at Moraine Valley Community College, has fulfilled one of his dreams by writing and publishing Nemo: Into the Abyss and Back, a modern day version of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea that was written for the Millennial Generation (18- to 30-year-olds).
Now, he wants to raise money for the college’s Faculty Association Scholarship Fund by selling copies of the book in the college’s Bookstore for $10 each. He is donating 10 copies to the Bookstore, which will result in a 100 percent profit to be donated, and will donate all proceeds from additional sales of the book.
Derdzinski also will do a book signing in the Bookstore, Building D, on campus, 9000 W. College Pkwy., Palos Hills,m on Wednesday, September 28, from 3 to 7 p.m. He hopes that community members will purchase the book to increase the donations to the scholarship fund.
“Many students are struggling,” said Derdzinski. “So many of them just can’t afford to buy books, and this is my way to help some of those students be able to get their books.”
Nemo: Into the Abyss and Back follows Nemo, an American defense contractor who holds the U.S. government responsible for the murder of his family, and Alicia Petit-Smith, a journalist searching for the person responsible for a series of mysteriously sunken ships. In keeping with Verne’s masterpiece, readers of this book will experience the thrill of diving for wrecks and encountering giant squid while travelling in the submarine Nautilus.
