- Nephews, Cults, Mercenary troops, Kidnapping
A trio of mismatched mercenaries is hired by a young woman to evaluate the safety of a boy who may have been taken against his will to a New Mexico backwoods settlement, where the mercenaries encounter paranoia, mistrust, and insanity in the shadow of a monolithic idol.
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Classical in form, grave, contemporary and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Nick Cutter
- First published
- 2017
- Pages
- 579
- Publisher
- Gallery Books, J'AI LU, Earthling Publications
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781963418019
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