Synopses & Reviews
From the award-winning author of
Daughter of Hounds.
Spyder Baxter is the patron saint of the alienated and lost. She invites them into her mesmerizing world of ritual and ceremony, blood and fire...a realm of vengeful gods, of exiled spirits harboring the dark secrets of Hell and the darker secrets of Heaven. But is she their guardian angel or a much more terrifying force sent not to redeem, but to destroy?
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"A remarkable novel; a powerful and disturbing story. Deeply, wonderfully, magnificently nasty." Neil Gaiman, bestselling author of American Gods and Anansi Boys
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"[A]n author with one helluvan imagination and a startling lack of inhibition....[Kiernan's] rambling metaphors hint at inexperience, but her naked energy will appeal to grungers weaned on The Hunger." Publishers Weekly
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"Personally, I just loved this book and can't wait to see what she writes next." Charles de Lint, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
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"An engrossing and exquisitely lyrical novel. Caitlin Kiernan has established herself as a writer of considerable power and artistry." Brian Hodge, Hellnotes
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"A serious mastery of visual imagery. You absolutely must read it." Carpe Noctem Magazine
Synopsis
To the residents of her small southern city, secondhand store owner Spyder Baxter is crazy. Something lives within Spyder's brain something dangerous in this acclaimed, award-winning novel.
Synopsis
To the residents of her small southern city, second-hand store owner Spyder Baxter is crazy. But her friends and followers know better. Something lives within Spder's brain. Something powerful. Something wonderful. Something dangerous. Pray it never escapes.
About the Author
Caitlin R. Kiernan is the author of nine novels, including Silk, Threshold, Low Red Moon, Murder of Angels, Daughter of Hounds, and The Red Tree. Her award-winning short fiction has been collected in six volumes, including Tales of Pain and Wonder; To Charles Fort, With Love; Alabaster; and, most recently, A is for Alien. She has also published two volumes of erotica, Frog Toes and Tentacles and Tales from the Woeful Platypus. Trained as a vertebrate paleontologist, she currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island.