CLEARLAKE – Wild About Books will host a reading and book signing for Lakeport resident and author Steve Bartholomew this Saturday, June 27.

The event begins at 2 p.m.

“Journey to Rhyolite” is Bartholomew's fourth book.

The book focuses on Nathaniel, who makes a journey to Rhyolite, “the greatest boom town in the west.”

Nathaniel hopes to make his fortune, be reunited with his love, Annabelle, and find the man he murdered back in Baltimore.

Bartholomew lived in big cities such as New York and San Francisco before settling down in Lake County, where he's putting his interesting life experiences to work as an author.

“He has discovered that the most fantastic tales are the ones that really happened,” a biographical note at www.smashwords.com/profile/view/Bart explains.

Ancient artifacts are one of his interests, and he has published several articles on the subject, according to his biography. In addition to writing fiction he studies petroglyphs and local history.

Wild About Books is located at 14290 Olympic Drive, Clearlake, telephone 707-994-9453.

Visit Bartholomew's Web site at http://chargedbarticle.org/ . “Journey to Rhyolite” also can be purchased at http://norlightspress.com/our-books.html#Journey-To-Rhyolite .