New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice brilliantly conjures the shadowed terrors of the Louisiana bayou—where three friends confront a deadly, ancient evil rising to the surface—in this intense and atmospheric new supernatural thriller. It’s been a decade since the Delongpre family vanished near Bayou Rabineaux, and still no one can explain the events of that dark and sweltering night. No one except Niquette Delongpre, the survivor who ran away from the mangled stretch of guardrail on Highway 22 where the impossible occurred…and kept on running. Who left behind her best friends, Ben and Anthem, to save them from her newfound capacity for destruction…and who alone knows the source of her very bizarre—and very deadly—abilities: an isolated strip of swampland called Elysium. An accomplished surgeon, Niquette’s father dreamed of transforming the dense acreage surrounded by murky waters into a palatial compound befitting the name his beloved wife gave to it, Elysium: “the final resting place for the heroic and virtuous.” Then, ten years ago, construction workers dug into a long-hidden well, one that snaked down into the deep, black waters of the Louisiana swamp and stirred something that had been there for centuries—a microscopic parasite that perverts the mind and corrupts the body. Niquette is living proof that things done can’t be undone. Nothing will put her family back together again. And nothing can save her. But as Niquette, Ben, and Anthem uncover the truth of a devastating parasite that has the potential to alter the future of humankind, Niquette grasps the most chilling truths of all: someone else has been infected too. And unlike her, this man is not content to live in the shadows. He is intent to use his newfound powers for one reason only: revenge.
This book sounds really great! I can't wait to squeeze it into my schedule and read this. He will be doing a book tour, some of them with Anne Rice, who is releasing a book around the same time.
Book tour dates:
Events with Christopher Rice. Combined events with Anne Rice denoted by a star. Anne will be promoting her own new book which will also publish on October 15th!
LOS ANGELES, CA
Sunday, September 29th, 11:00 am
West Hollywood Book Fair
Interview with Christopher Rice
by Eric Shaw Quinn, Co-Host of the
Internet radio program The Dinner Party Show
with Christopher Rice & Eric Shaw Quinn.
*MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Monday, October 14, 6:00 pm
Mall of America
60 East Broadway
Bloomington-Minneapolis, MN
*NEW YORK, NY
Wednesday, October 16, 7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
33 East 17th Street
*SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY
Thursday, October 17, 7:00 pm
Saratoga Hilton
Ballroom, 534 Broadway
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Saturday, October 19, 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Giovanni’s Room
345 South 12th Street
*LEXINGTON, KY
Monday, October 21, 7:00 pm
Joseph-Beth
161 Lexington Green Circle
FORT WALTON BEACH, FL
Tuesday, October 22, 7:00 pm
Books-A-Million
417-C Mary Ester Cut-Off NW
DECATUR, GA
Wednesday, October 23, 7:15 pm
DeKalb County Public Library
215 Sycamore St.
*NEW ORLEANS, LA
Friday, October 25
LeStat Ball
COVINGTON, LA
Saturday, October 26, 2:00 – 4:00 pm
2nd & Charles
401 Highway 190
*NEW ORLEANS, LA
Sunday, October 27, 1:00 pm
Garden District Books
2727 Prytania St.
*DALLAS, TX
Tuesday, October 29, 7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
7700 W. Northwest Highway
*LOS ANGELES, CA
Saturday, November 2, 2:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
189 The Grove Drive
*SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Tuesday, November 5, 7:00 pm
Books Inc.
Opera Plaza
601 Van Ness
TORONTO, CANADA
Wed., Nov. 13, 8:00 – 11:00 pm
Augusta House
152 Augusta Ave.
Toronto, ON
Group reading and signing
with Michael Rowe & Melia McClure
*TEMPE, AZ
Thursday, November 14, 6:00 pm
Changing Hands
6428 S McClintock Dr.
1 comments:
Bummer. No where near me. Well, Philadelphia, but that is still about 6 hours away. Thank you!
Hope you are doing well. :)
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