If the first two days of sales are any indication then the time to order Andersen Prunty’s new novel is now.  Andy is an old-fashioned two-fisted storyteller who crafts ripping pulpy yarns that neither eschew the importance of craft or fail to meet those expectations.  Here at Cargo Cult we have fun reading each of the novels that Andy sends to us.  They’re reminiscent of the work of a yong John Farris or Jonathan Carroll and he is getting his chops fast.  This is a great book and we’ll be shooting the moon on production value as well.  October will prove to be a great month for CCP and Andersen Prunty fans.

There are no happy endings in Hell.

The papers call it “The Suicide Virus.” The teenagers of Gethsemane, Ohio, are killing themselves at an alarming rate.

Steven Wrigley is trying to survive his senior year of high school, still reeling from the death of his mother and adjusting to life with his father. While sleeping, Steven writes names in a notebook– the names of dead teenagers before he can possibly know they’re dead. These messages fill him with dread, clues to some mystery he must try to unravel. Along the way, he meets a girl who becomes another kind of obsession: Elise Devon.

Elise’s secrets keep her distanced from everyone. She has a special place she calls the Obscura. She goes there when she is depressed or angry. The Obscura makes her feel like nothing she’s ever felt before. She soon realizes the Obscura may be partially to blame for the suicides. When she loses herself to the Obscura, she fears she also gives herself to something much darker, something much more powerful. Something calling itself the Sorrow King.

Who is the Sorrow King?

He is carved from wood and bone.

He smells like wax, dead leaves, and memories.

He travels by moonlight and drinks the sorrow of others.

And, drunk from this sorrow, he must always create more.

Can love exact vengeance on a monster made from madness, depression, and misery? Or will the Sorrow King bleed the town dry before satiating himself and moving on?

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