The exciting sequel to the stunning debut,The City of Lost Fortunesby Bryan Camp.
Renaissance Raines has found her place among the psychopomps โ the guides who lead the souls of the recently departed through the Seven Gates of the Underworld โ and done her best to avoid the notice of gods and mortals alike. But when a young boy named Ramses St. Cyr manages to escape his foretold death, Renaissance finds herself at the center of a deity-thick plot unfolding in New Orleans. Someone helped Ramses slip free of his destined end โ someone willing to risk everything to steal a little slice of power for themselves.
Is it one of the storm gods thatโs descended on the city? The death god whoโs locked the Gates of the Underworld? Or the manipulative sorcerer who also cheated Death? When she finds the schemer, thereโs gonna be all kinds of hell to pay, because there are scarier things than death in the Crescent City. Renaissance Raines is one of them.
Reviews:
"Savory...Renaiโs second outing is as raucous as her first, and the magic is just as double-edged and slippery... Renai is a real standout of a heroine, a powerful African-American woman cutting through bad or desperate situations in living and dead realms of increasing chaos, armed with snark, courage, and a storm of magic drawn from deep within her. This will be a feast for all lovers of urban and dark fantasy."โ Publishers Weekly, STARRED review
"In this second installment of his Crescent City urban fantasy series, Camp raises the stakes and broadens the scope of his alternate world...the richness and inventiveness of Camp's vision and the vivacity, warmth, and compassion of his leading woman keep you alert to whatever's happening next. As with the real New Orleans, once you leave this creepier but just as colorful variant, you'll be eager to go back."โ Kirkus Reviews
"What a joy it is to return to Bryan Camp's weird, dark, vivid, gorgeous magical New Orleans. Highly recommended!" โ Sam J. Miller , award-winning author of Blackfish City
โThe magic and mythological heft of Bryan Campโs debut doesnโt lose any momentum in Gather the Fortunes. He captures the essence and resilience of a still healing New Orleans by digging into the parts of a city too often ignored by the well-to-do and powerful. If The City of Lost Fortunes was a love letter to New Orleans then its next installment is an Earl King blueโs song.โโ Brent Lambert , editor at FIYAH Magazine
About the Author:
BRYAN CAMP is a graduate of the Clarion West Writerโs Workshop and the University of New Orleansโ MFA program. He started his first novel, The City of Lost Fortunes, in the backseat of his parentsโ car as they evacuated for Hurricane Katrina.
336 pages
Publisher: Titan Books (25 May 2019)
ASIN: B07RP4VPM2