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PublisherMelville House Publishing

ISBN-101685891691

ISBN-139781685891695

eBay Product ID (ePID)6070943770

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Book TitleCountry under Heaven

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicOccult & Supernatural, Westerns

Publication Year2025

GenreFiction

AuthorFrederic S. Durbin

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight12.2 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Reviews"A haunting, violent, touching, episodic fever dream of a novel that spans from the Civil War to the post-war Wild West. I've never read anything quite like it." --C.J. Box, #1 NYT Bestselling Author of Three-Inch Teeth "Verdict: Durbin's ( A Green and Ancient Light ) stellar and unique novel combines lots of heart, a plot that replicates the best of classic Westerns, and awesome cosmic horror into one terrifying, thought-provoking, and entertaining package. Recommend to those who enjoyed Lone Women by Victor LaValle." -- Library Journal "The best of the (weird) west. Durbin invokes eldritch terrors to examine the peculiar, lawless hellscape that was the American West following the civil war. Delicately written, beautifully told, and bristling with dark turns of the unexplainable, The Country Under Heaven is a phenomenal read." --Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger " The Country Under Heaven is a brilliant exploration of the Old West and even older supernatural horrors. Elegant, thrilling, and deeply satisfying! Highly recommended!" --Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of the Joe Ledger thrillers, "A haunting, violent, touching, episodic fever dream of a novel that spans from the Civil War to the post-war Wild West. I've never read anything quite like it." --C.J. Box, #1 NYT Bestselling Author of Three-Inch Teeth "The best of the (weird) west. Durbin invokes eldritch terrors to examine the peculiar, lawless hellscape that was the American West following the civil war. Delicately written, beautifully told, and bristling with dark turns of the unexplainable, The Country Under Heaven is a phenomenal read." --Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger " The Country Under Heaven is a brilliant exploration of the Old West and even older supernatural horrors. Elegant, thrilling, and deeply satisfying! Highly recommended!" --Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of the Joe Ledger thrillers

SynopsisLouis L'Amour meets H.P. Lovecraft in this thrilling western epic about a former Civil War soldier wracked by enigmatic visions . . . Set in the 1880s, the story follows Ovid Vesper, a former Union soldier who has been having enigmatic visions after surviving one of the Civil War's most gruesome battles, the Battle of Antietam. As he travels across the country following those visions, he finds himself in stranger and increasingly more dangerous encounters with other worlds hidden in the spaces of his own mind, not to mention the dangers of the Wild West. Ovid brings his steady calm and compassion as he helps the people of a broken country, rapidly changing but, like himself, still reeling and wounded from the war. He assists with matters of all sorts, from odd jobs around the house, to guiding children back to their own universe, to hunting down unnatural creatures that stalk the night -- all the while seeking his own personal resolution and peace from his visions. Ovid's epic journey across the American West with a surprising cast of characters blends elements of the classic Western with historical fantasy in a way like no other., Set in the 1880s, the story follows Ovid Vesper, a former Union soldier who has been having enigmatic visions after an explosion at the Battle of Antietam. As he travels across the country following those visions, he finds himself in stranger and increasingly more dangerous encounters with other worlds hidden in the spaces of his own. Ovid brings his steady calm and compassion as he helps the people of a broken country, rapidly changing but still reeling and wounded from its Civil War two decades earlier. He assists with matters of all sorts, from odd jobs around the house, to guiding children back to their own universe, to hunting down unnatural creatures that stalk the night - all the while seeking his own personal resolution and peace from his visions and the war that changed his life. This epic journey across the American West with Ovid and a surprising cast of characters blends elements of the classic Western with historical fantasy in a way like no other.