Paint Dries as a Train Goes Off The Rails: A Novel
Paint Dries as a Train Goes Off The Rails: A Novel
by Nicholas Marchuk
Released August 22, 2025
When a freight train crashes into Connor’s neighborhood, the ensuing fire leaves him homeless. He shares a cramped hotel room with his restless yet magnetic coworker, Kara. Thrown together as they rebuild, it's easy for them to fall for each other.
When their cherished neighborhood is set to be demolished and replaced with a park, she leads Connor and his friends on a last-ditch act of defiance: a concert at the site of the accident, featuring the musicians who lost their homes, to prove their community is worth saving.
As friendships, relationships, and lives are strained, he confronts a simple question: What if giving all of something isn’t enough?
Nicholas Marchuk designs heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems for laboratories and offices in Greater Boston. He also is an independent author of heartfelt and entertaining fiction beloved by regular people with good taste. He is a fixture at music venues, front porches, and hockey rinks, where he plays trombone with the same joy he imbues in the written word. His books record the kindness and absurdity of modern life as his characters struggle to find their place within it.
