A Rope of Thorns
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Welcome to Hex City. Population: magicians.
Thanks to hexslinger โReverendโ Asher Rook, sorcerers now have a sanctuary where they can live and work in peace. But a storm is comingโa tempest known as Chess Pargeter.
Infuriated by his former lover Rookโs betrayal and sacrificed in the name of the Mayan goddess who is Rookโs current consort, Chess leaves a trail of death and destruction in his wake. Caught up in Chessโs crusade are Pinkerton-agent-turned-outlaw Ed Morrow and a young woman spiritualist.
But there are more than Chessโs own demons to be reckoned with, including a resurrected lawman with a bone to pickโand a final judgment to deliver.
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Gemma Files, a former film critic, journalist, screenwriter, and teacher, has been an award-winning horror author since 1999. She has published two collections of short work; two chapbooks of speculative poetry; the โweird westernโ Hexslinger Series; a story-cycle; and the standalone novel Experimental Film, which won the 2016 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel and the 2016 Sunburst Award for Best Adult Novel. Files also has several story collections and a collection of poetry forthcoming.
Donald Corren is an audiobook narrator and a New York actor with leading credits on and Off-Broadway, as well as numerous television appearances. On Broadway, he costarred with Judy Kaye in the critically acclaimed production of Souvenir, and replaced Harvey Fierstein in the seminal production of Torch Song Trilogy. His Off-Broadway appearances include The Soap Myth, Dietrich & Chevalier, The Last Sunday in June, Stephen Sondheimโs Saturday Night, and the original New York production of Tomfoolery. His television credits include eight seasons as forensic tech Medill on NBCโs Law & Order, as well as his current role as Dr. Kurian on Syfyโs Z Nation.
