The Lightning Keeper

Arriving in New York in 1914 after fleeing the bloody violence in the Balkans, Toma Pekocevic, a gifted inventor, designs a powerful water turbine that leads to not only a career within General Electric but also a love affair with Harriet Bigelow, the daughter of a powerful New England dynasty that has fallen on hard times. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.