Back in 1945, the first portal opened--a tear in reality leading from our world into the mysterious Black Lands, a realm of perpetual night filled with strange and deadly entities. Soon another portal appeared. Then another. Today, the government secures every portal they find, but with more and more opening, and no idea how to predict or prevent the next one's arrival, society is teetering on the brink of panic.
Felix Renn knows the Black Lands all too well. His career as a private investigator has dragged him closer to it than most, and has garnered him a reputation for dealing with supernatural threats. But people who interact with the Black Lands have a habit of turning up dead in horrible ways--if they turn up at all--so when the chance comes up to take on a simple missing person's case in the small town of Sycamore, Felix jumps at the opportunity.
Only, something else is happening in Sycamore. A serial killer is on the loose, and as the bodies continue to pile up, it becomes clear that the perpetrator may be something less--or something more--than human.
Felix may have thought he was done with the Black Lands, but he soon discovers a terrifying truth: the Black Lands isn't done with him.
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• First part of the Black Lands series!
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Ian Rogers is the author of the award-winning collection, Every House Is Haunted. His novelette, “The House on Ashley Avenue,” was a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award and is currently being adapted into a feature film produced by Sam Raimi. Ian lives with his wife and three cats in Peterborough, Ontario. For more information, visit ianrogers.ca.
"Private investigator Felix Renn is a masterful creation—arch, world-weary, clever and tenacious. Fans of Jim Butcher and Richard Kadrey will be enthralled with the world of the Black Lands.”
—Nick Cutter, author of The Troop and The Queen
"...Rogers’ writing is pure gold.”
—Laird Barron, author of Not a Speck of Light (Stories)
