A Tree of Bones, Gemma Files
A Tree of Bones, Gemma Files
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A Tree of Bones

Author: Gemma Files

Narrator: Donald Corren

Unabridged: 16 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/17/2023

Synopsis

A new Civil War is brewing. With the city of Bewelcome as its headquarters, Allan Pinkerton’s Detective Agency leads a siege on Hex City, the town founded by “Reverend” Asher Rook and his consort, the Mayan goddess Ixchel. Monsters prowl the battleground, rocket trails of spells crisscross the sky, and an unnatural rain falls.Sides must be taken, but Pinkerton-agent-turned-outlaw Ed Morrow, spiritualist Yancey Kloves, and even Rook must choose what ruin or redemption means to each of them. Meanwhile, Chess Pargeter gears up for the greatest fight of his life—and death. A battle out of hell itself …

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.

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 Kate

I've probably said it before in other reviews, but my idea of a good ending, especially for series, is that it should be not at all what you were expecting, and at the same time, when you look back on it, seem completely inevitable. The more of Files' stuff I read the more I love her. She clearly del......more

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 3: killing, human sacrifice, bullying, non PC language My Thoughts on Book 3: This really is a m......more

Goodreads review by Averly

DNF: 10% If an author is trying to write that we should forgive the people who helped rape you, then I’m out of here. So three things that made me not want to continue the series was finding out how the author tied up these three main plot points: Chess’ relationship with Rook, his mother and Morrow.......more

Goodreads review by The Novel Approach

3.5 Stars ~ I loved the first two books in this series, loved them like a word baby conceived and birthed just for me to gather close and bask in its beatific abundance of perfection… Then, that word baby grew up. And where the storyline had once pleasantly gorged itself on Gemma Files imagination a......more

Goodreads review by Meredith

A Tree of Bones by Gemma Files is the third book in the Hexslinger trilogy, with the first two being A Book of Tongues (which I review here) and a A Rope of Thorns (which I review here). I'm not trying to avoid spoilers for the first two books, only the third, so if you haven't read the first two st......more

Quotes

“The rousing conclusion to Files’s remarkable Hexslinger trilogy…A bravura performance, bringing a complex conflict among gods, monsters, hexes, and ordinary humans to a satisfying resolution.” Publishers Weekly

“Potent mythology, complex characters, and dollops of creeping horror and baroque gore establish Files’s Hexslinger series as a top-notch horror-fantasy saga.” Publishers Weekly, praise for the series

“Paints a stark, vivid, and gory picture…Not for the squeamish but should delight fans of gothic Western fantasy and Central American myths.” Library Journal, praise for the series

“Ridiculously vivid…A magic-riddled, horror-strewn West with hexes running around wrecking reality and a spectrum of queer characters.” Tor.com, praise for the series

“Truly one-of-a-kind: violent, carnal, and creepy.” Fangoria, praise for the series

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