A Song for Quiet
โ Scribed by Cassandra Khaw
- Publisher
- Tom Doherty Associates
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 99 KB
- Edition
- First edition
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0765397404
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
**Cassandra Khaw returns with A Song for Quiet a new standalone Persons Non Grata novella from the world of Hammers on Bone , which Kameron Hurley called "**a long leap into the gory, the weird, and the fantastic."
Deacon James is a rambling bluesman straight from Georgia, a black man with troubles that he can't escape, and music that won't let him go. On a train to Arkham, he meets trouble -- visions of nightmares, gaping mouths and grasping tendrils, and a madman who calls himself John Persons. According to the stranger, Deacon is carrying a seed in his head, a thing that will destroy the world if he lets it hatch.
The mad ravings chase Deacon to his next gig. His saxophone doesn't call up his audience from their seats, it calls up monstrosities from across dimensions. As Deacon flees, chased by horrors and cultists, he stumbles upon a runaway girl, who is trying to escape her father, and the destiny he has waiting for her. Like Deacon,...
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