A Rope of Thorns, Gemma Files
A Rope of Thorns, Gemma Files
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A Rope of Thorns

Author: Gemma Files

Narrator: Donald Corren

Unabridged: 12 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/13/2022

Synopsis

Welcome to Hex City. Population: magicians.Thanks to hexslinger “Reverend” Asher Rook, sorcerers now have a sanctuary where they can live and work in peace. But a storm is coming—a tempest known as Chess Pargeter.Infuriated by his former lover Rook’s betrayal and sacrificed in the name of the Mayan goddess who is Rook’s current consort, Chess leaves a trail of death and destruction in his wake. Caught up in Chess’s crusade are Pinkerton-agent-turned-outlaw Ed Morrow and a young woman spiritualist.But there are more than Chess’s own demons to be reckoned with, including a resurrected lawman with a bone to pick—and a final judgment to deliver.

About Gemma Files

Gemma 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 Experimental Film, 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.

About Donald Corren

Donald Corren is an audiobook narrator and a New York actor with leading credits on and Off-Broadway, as well as numerous television appearances. On Broadway, he costarred with Judy Kaye in the critically acclaimed production of Souvenir, and replaced Harvey Fierstein in the seminal production of Torch Song Trilogy. His Off-Broadway appearances include The Soap Myth, Dietrich & Chevalier, The Last Sunday in June, Stephen Sondheim’s Saturday Night, and the original New York production of Tomfoolery. His television credits include eight seasons as forensic tech Medill on NBC’s Law & Order, as well as his current role as Dr. Kurian on Syfy’s Z Nation.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Katy

Book Info: Genre: Weird Western/Supernatural Horror/Steampunk Reading Level: Adult Recommended for: Fans of Weird West, horror, those interested in Meso-American religious practices Trigger Warnings for Book 2: killing, murder, discussion of mass suicides, human sacrifice , m/m sex, obscenity, profanit......more

Goodreads review by JJ DeBenedictis

This was an interestingly frustrating book. On a page-by-page basis, it's rather brilliant, with a fantastic voice, memorable characters, and elegant and vivid sensory details. However, the plot was almost non-existent for the first half of the book. The story had zero narrative drive, and the good pr......more

Goodreads review by D

You know that song by Angelspit that goes, 'Rip out my heart/Beat me to death with it'? Pretty much sums up this book. It's probably ironic that Chess Pargeter started to actually care about people (other than himself and Rook) after he got his heart literally ripped out of his chest, and when he sta......more

Quotes

“Gemma Files has one of the great dark imaginations in fiction―visionary, transgressive, and totally original.” Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times bestselling author

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