I loved the convincing, if rather disturbing, world of this book, and the way it meshed a variety of speculative-fiction elements in defiance of any one genre.
In the City of Saint Ghost, life revolves around an imposing statue, the Colossus, a god cast in bronze. Here is the creator of an alchemical world of priests and soothsayers. But if even the lowliest who live in His shadow are sacred, why is the Titan unable to stem the onslaught of horrors that seep through stone, tunnel in the earth, and bubble in the veins?Why do withered homunculi chew catacombs beneath His streets? Why do golems rise from His clay? Why do devils in copper outthink even the most learned of His priests? And why does a blood-boiling…
It's midnight and in the midst of an ice storm when Claudia Dance boards the bright yellow bus to Lacelean Street, a destination she has never heard of. She has no coat, no luggage, and no clue as to why she left home. In fact, she has no memory of her past whatsoever, and yet she feels compelled to make the trip. She will come to realize that salvation lies within the red-brick house at the end of Lacelean Street, a salvation granted by the strange power that dwells within. Sanity will be questioned, limits tested, and answers revealed... But…
"Hulse weaves two distinct textures - rift through space travel and gritty war horror - to build his most ambitious and unique novel to date." - Coy Hall (Colossus With a Poison Tongue)A violent gang of mind-controlling Kreetons pass through an interdimensional rift and collide with an RAF pilot, sending him into the arms of their mortal enemy. Roy is changed beyond human comprehension, but can he return to WWII and save the world he thought he'd lost forever.Stan McCormick thought the war was nearly over until the Kreetons crash-landed into the middle of his last mission. As his squad…
Meet Lisa Hudson, a dedicated journalism student, on a beautiful, spring morning in Pittsburgh that proves to be the last ordinary day of her life.
As she struggles to survive in a new reality, forged from catastrophe, Lisa confronts its mysteries and dangers with the aid of intriguing and unlikely companions.
For her, the world will never be the same. For you, the journey is just beginning.
Michael Shotter is a lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a lover of science, fiction, and fantasy, his works aim to push beyond the boundaries of traditional genre fiction into new and exciting realms born from literary craftsmanship.
"309" represents his most ambitious effort to date and is sure to thrill fans of both science fiction and high adventure.
