Hotel Babylon

The 2nd Novel by R. Bowen Tibbetts, Jr.

After the passing of railroad tycoon Henry Blackwell, the ten children of his three wives fight for control of their late father’s resort empire along the Atlantic Coast of Florida. The strained relationships of this blended family quickly splinter under the combined pressures of a federal investigation and unimaginable financial reward.

As memories are unearthed and betrayals revealed, the line between reality and fiction for the entire Blackwell family grows increasingly blurred.

This is a novel about the power of wealth, travel by steam train, mermaids in the Everglades, the impermanence of memory, and the desire to belong.

Literary Fiction. For fans of King Lear and The Hotel Nantucket. Full manuscript available upon request.