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Necessary Monsters

by (author) Richard A. Kirk

Publisher
Resurrection House
Initial publish date
May 2017
Category
Historical
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781630230500
    Publish Date
    May 2017
    List Price
    $25.95

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Description

Lumsden Moss is an escaped thief and an unrepentant bibliophile with a long-suffering desire to foist some karmic retribution on those who have wronged him. But when the opportunity to steal a rare book from the man who sentenced him to prison puts him on the wrong side of the wrong people, Moss finds himself on the run. And it’s not just the book he stole that these people want, it’s also the secrets of a long-forgotten location on Nightjar Island, a place cursed and abandonedsince the Purge.

When Moss falls in with Imogen, a nimble-fingered thief who has taken a traveling bookcase filled with many secrets, he starts to realize how much of his unsavory past is indelibly tied to a frightening witch-child and her nightmarish pet monster.

In a fantastic world, still recovering from a war where magic and technology were fused together, Moss and Imogen must decipher the mystery of their mutual pasts in order to illuminate the dark heart that still lurks on Nightjar Island.

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Contributor Notes

Richard A. Kirk is a visual artist, illustrator, and author. He exhibits internationally, and has illustrated works by Clive Barker, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Christopher Golden, China Mieville, the rock band Korn and others.Necessary Monsters is his first novel.