Author Dennis Hetzel will launch his latest novel, Azalea Bluff, at Sunset River Marketplace on Thursday, August 12 from 11 a.m. – 12 noon as part of the gallery’s ongoing Coffee With the Authors series.

Azalea Bluff, which is set in Brunswick County, is a new thriller with science-fiction twists that couldn’t be timelier.

That’s because, with recent stories on television shows such as 60 Minutes, mysteries surrounding unidentified flying objects have never been more in the public eye, and the U.S. government has admitted for the first time that it can’t explain the many reports verified by military pilots and others.

The novel is also quite a departure from author Dennis Hetzel’s two earlier efforts for Headline Books, “Killing the Curse” and “Season of Lies,” that focused on the intersections of sports and politics.