{"product_id":"a-book-of-tongues-paperback","title":"A Book of Tongues - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGemma Files\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Gemma Files has one of the great dark imaginations in fiction―visionary, transgressive, and totally original.\" --Jeff VanderMeer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Gemma Files's \"boundary-busting horror-fantasy debut,\" former Confederate chaplain Asher Rook has cheated death and now possesses a dark magic (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e). He uses his power to terrorize the Wild West, leading a gang of outlaws, thieves, and killers, with his cruel lieutenant and lover, Chess Pargeter, by his side. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pinkerton agent Ed Morrow is going undercover to infiltrate the gang, armed with a shotgun and a device that measures sorcerous energy. His job is to gain knowledge of Rook's power and unlock its secrets. But there is someone else who has Rook in her sights: the Lady of Traps and Snares, a bloodthirsty Mayan goddess who will stop at nothing to satisfy her own desires. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Caught between the good, the bad, and the unholy, Morrow will have to ride out a storm of magical mayhem to survive, in this debut novel, the first book of Files's \"weird Western Hexslinger trilogy . . . [which] is chock full of hellish horrors\" (Mike Allen, author of \u003ci\u003eUnseaming\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Ridiculously vivid . . . A magic-riddled, horror-strewn West with hexes running around wrecking reality and a spectrum of queer characters.\" --Tor.com \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Definitely promising--tantalizing, even, because it sets up such a fertile scenario and hammers home the themes of love, sacrifice, and apotheosis.\" --\u003ci\u003eStrange Horizons\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Truly one-of-a-kind: violent, carnal and creepy.\" --\u003ci\u003eFangoria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGemma 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 \"weird western\" Hexslinger Series; a story-cycle; and the standalone novel \u003ci\u003eExperimental Film\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 282\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53243897610547,"sku":"9781504063890","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/YkNTYVR6MUIyS2ZjeS9pNE90eVFlQT09.webp?v=1776243308","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-book-of-tongues-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}