Smoke City

✍ Scribed by Keith Rosson

• Book ID: 100229713
• Publisher: Meerkat Press, LLC
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 192 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 1946154059

✦ Synopsis

"Rosson is a talent to be watched." - Jason Heller, NPR

"A brilliantly haunting tale of forgiveness and redemption even in the face of abject failure . . . Depravity and grace meet in a powerful, profound, and lavish banquet for the soul." - Foreword Reviews (starred review)

Marvin Deitz has some serious problems. His mob-connected landlord is strong-arming him out of his storefront. His therapist has concerns about his stability. He's compelled to volunteer at the local Children's Hospital even though it breaks his heart every week.

Oh, and he's also the guilt-ridden reincarnation of Geoffroy Thérage, the French executioner who lit Joan of Arc's pyre in 1431. He's just seen a woman on a Los Angeles talk show claiming to be Joan, and absolution seems closer than it's ever been . . . but how will he find her?

When Marvin heads to Los Angeles to locate the woman who may or may not be Joan, he's picked up hitchhiking by Mike Vale, a self-destructive alcoholic...