About the Book
Screenwriter and noted film critic C. Robert Cargill continues the story begun in his acclaimed debut Dreams and Shadows in Queen of Dark Things, a bold and brilliantly crafted tale involving fairies and humans, magic and monsters — a vivid phantasmagoria that combines the imaginative
wonders of Neil Gaiman, the visual inventiveness of Guillermo Del Toro,
and the shocking miasma of William S. Burroughs.
Six months have
passed since the wizard Colby lost his best friend to an army of fairies from the Limestone Kingdom, a realm of mystery and darkness beyond our
own. But in vanquishing these creatures and banning them from Austin,
Colby sacrificed the anonymity that protected him. Now, word of his
deeds has spread, and powerful enemies from the past — including one Colby considered a friend — have resurfaced to exact their revenge.
As
darkness gathers around the city, Colby sifts through his memories
desperate to find answers that might save him. With time running out,
and few of his old allies and enemies willing to help, he is forced to
turn for aid to forces even darker than those he once battled.
Following such masters as Lev Grossman, Erin Morgenstern, Richard Kadrey, and Kim Harrison, Robert C. Cargill takes us deeper into an extraordinary
universe of darkness and wonder, despair and hope to reveal the magic
and monsters around us... and inside us.
