The Maenad's God

Karen Michalson

2025年9月 · Arula Books · 朗讀者：Curt Bonnem、Rick Steadman、Craig Abbott、Kathleen Li、Derek Shetterly、Roberta Jackson、Amy Hall和Christopher Brown

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Pete Morrow is a misanthropic FBI agent whose only escape from the

colleagues and society he despises is through reading literary classics. When

his boss sends him to warn away a drug dealer on an obscure army base, he

discovers a murder and becomes obsessed with Jade McClellan, a mysterious man

whose rock band just performed at the crime scene. Tough-guy Morrow has never

been in love before—but Jade is almost magical, an embodiment of myth and

literature who creates living fantasies that rapidly become the only thing

Morrow values in his otherwise miserable life. But there's a problem. Morrow is

investigating a mafia family that is investing in Jade's musical career. Being

open about their relationship could get both of them killed. Morrow's

investigation annihilates his hard-boiled understanding of reality when he

learns that Jade is an abandoned, mortal son of Dionysus, the god whose energy

informs hard rock. Jade's mafia support is being arranged by Dirty Penny

Starmaker, a witch who started life in 5th century BCE Athens, where she

received a divine mandate to promote brilliant musicians throughout history.

Penny is warring with Hugh McCrae, a primeval, human-like "monster"

who has currently incarnated himself as a congressional aide with an unhealthy

interest in Morrow's work. McCrae (rhymes with "decay") carries his

own divine mandate to promote cultural decline by eradicating creativity and

art. This includes Jade, his music, and Morrow's newfound happiness. A

seamless blend of psychological thriller, dark satire, magical realism, LGBTQ

romantic suspense, and myth, The Maenad's God is the story of a spiritual war

that's been fought for thousands of years; the war between the ancient arts of

music, poetry, and love; and the equally ancient forces of artistic envy,

oppressive law, and authoritarian religion.

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Karen Michalson is the author of three literary fantasy novels: Enemy Glory, Hecate's Glory, and The King's Glory, which together form the Enemy Glory trilogy. She once described the trilogy, which is narrated by an anti-hero magician who chooses evil as a response to an unspeakable betrayal, as "literary fiction tripping the dark fantastic."She earned a PhD in English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, focusing her studies on nineteenth-century British literature and history. She later earned a law degree from Western New England University and ran a criminal defense practice. When asked why she transitioned from literature to law, she responded, "Defending the canon, defending the accused. You say there's a difference?"Somewhere between literature and law, she formed a progressive rock band, Point of Ares, in which she writes music, plays bass, and sings. Point of Ares has released four CDs, two of which contain songs based on her Enemy Glory books. She keeps a blog called Matter Notes where she writes about the war on the humanities, creativity as spirituality, and her observations on culture and society as a self-described New England recluse: http://www.karenmichalson.com. She lives near Worcester, Massachusetts.The Maenad's God is her fourth novel.