Red Rabbit
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- ¥1,500
Publisher Description
"Impossible to put down.” —Kelly Link, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Get In Trouble
A ragtag posse must hunt down a witch through a wild west beset by demons and ghosts—where death is always just around the bend—in this new supernatural horror by bestselling author Alex Grecian.
Sadie Grace is wanted for witchcraft, dead (or alive). And every hired gun in Kansas is out to collect the bounty on her head, including bona fide witch hunter Old Tom and his mysterious, mute ward, Rabbit.
On the road to Burden County, they’re joined by two vagabond cowboys with a strong sense of adventure – but no sense of purpose – and a recently widowed schoolteacher with nothing left to lose. As their posse grows, so too does the danger.
Racing along the drought-stricken plains in a stolen red stagecoach, they encounter monsters more wicked than witches lurking along the dusty trail. But the crew is determined to get that bounty, or die trying.
Written with the devilish cadence of Stephen Graham Jones and the pulse-pounding brutality of Nick Cutter, Red Rabbit is an epic adventure of luck and misfortune.
“Echoing True Grit, RED RABBIT is a riotous, Boschian, gun-slinging marvel.” —Laird Hunt, author of In the House in the Dark of the Woods
Also by Alex Grecian:
Rose of Jericho
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APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Follow a motley crew as they track a witch through the Wild West. In this exciting supernatural folk tale, cantankerous witch hunter Old Tom joins forces with a quiet and self-sufficient widow, two good-natured cowboys, and a mysterious mute girl to find Sadie Grace, a supposed sorceress who has allegedly hurt townspeople in a small Kansas town. But the group’s quest is hampered by ghouls, monsters, ghosts, demons…and cannibals. Author Alex Grecian imagines a post–Civil War world that coexists with the weird and occult in a surprisingly seamless way. As the relationships between the book’s characters develop and deepen—especially the bond between widow Rose and the child they call Rabbit—you’ll find yourself rooting for each of these oddballs.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A witch, a demon, a shapeshifter, ghosts, and cannibals are just some of the characters whose exploits enliven this sprawling, picaresque post–Civil War weird western from Grecian (The Saint of Wolves and Butchers). When residents of Riddle, Kan., put a bounty on the head of accused local witch Sadie Grace, it attracts the attention of Texas cowboys Ned Hemingway and Moses Burke. As they ride northward for a shot at the prize, they're joined along the way by a widowed schoolmistress, a Mexican desperado, and a self-proclaimed witch-master and his enigmatic ward, Rabbit. Their experiences en route include a near-fatal confrontation with a supernaturally possessed outlaw, a terrifying journey through a forest that has seen mass suicides, and a dangerous stopover in a town of flesh-eating ghouls. Grecian's eccentric characters are wonderfully developed (save for the title character, who is mostly on the periphery for the tale's duration), but their episodic adventures meander with a randomness that keeps the narrative's direction loose and unfocused. It's all incident, no plot—but the incidents are good fun.
