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FEVER HOUSE
Publisher Book Award winner Keith Rosson's FEVER HOUSE is a gripping and kaleidoscopic fusion of literary horror and crime fiction about the lust for power and the pursuit of love in its many forms, following a circle of criminals and clandestine government agents in search of secret weaponry, as well as a mother and her son as they desperately try to reunite on the brink of the apocalypse.
When leg-breakers Hutch Holtz and Tim Reed roll up to collect overdue drug money from a client, a severed hand is the very last thing they expect to find stashed in the addict's refrigerator. More than merely gruesome, this sinister artifact induces uncontrollable madness: anyone in its proximity is overcome with an inhuman compulsion for violence and destruction. This kind of naked evil is beyond the average gunman's pay grade, and within hours of finding it, catastrophic forces have already been set into motion: Hutch and Tim's boss is killed, cold-eyed assassins are on their tail, their beloved Portland streets are on fire, and soon, the entire world threatens to reel off its axis...
But it's all the same for Katherine Moriarty, a has-been rock star whose sudden fame and precipitous downfall during the grunge era was followed by the mysterious death of her ex-husband - suicide, allegedly. The traumas she's experienced have made her an agoraphobe, shackled within the confines of her apartment. Her devoted son Nick has moved home to care for her, quietly making his living as the middleman for a network of criminals in search of odd, rare, sometimes illegal objects - people who will spare no expense to procure a thing as precious as a demonic hand.
When Hutch calls him in possession of the unholy relic, Nick and his mother are suddenly looped into an ancient struggle that not only rips them apart, but threatens to destroy all that they cherish. What follows is a desperate mother-son quest to find each other before the world ends, while simultaneously forcing them to exorcise old memories and family secrets that have risen from the dead - secrets, they soon discover, that might hold the very key to the world's salvation.
Keith Rosson is the author of the novels SMOKE CITY, ROAD SEVEN and THE MERCY OF THE TIDE, as well as the recent story collection, FOLK SONGS FOR TRAUMA SURGEONS all published with starred reviews from award-winning indie publisher Meerkat Press (praise is attached). His short stories have appeared in Southwest Review, PANK, Cream City Review, Outlook Springs, December, Phantom Drift, and others. He is also a legally blind illustrator and graphic designer - which certainly provides its own unique challenges and rewards - with clients that include Green Day, Against Me!, and Warner Bros. He lives in Portland with his partner and two children.
But it's all the same for Katherine Moriarty, a has-been rock star whose sudden fame and precipitous downfall during the grunge era was followed by the mysterious death of her ex-husband - suicide, allegedly. The traumas she's experienced have made her an agoraphobe, shackled within the confines of her apartment. Her devoted son Nick has moved home to care for her, quietly making his living as the middleman for a network of criminals in search of odd, rare, sometimes illegal objects - people who will spare no expense to procure a thing as precious as a demonic hand.
When Hutch calls him in possession of the unholy relic, Nick and his mother are suddenly looped into an ancient struggle that not only rips them apart, but threatens to destroy all that they cherish. What follows is a desperate mother-son quest to find each other before the world ends, while simultaneously forcing them to exorcise old memories and family secrets that have risen from the dead - secrets, they soon discover, that might hold the very key to the world's salvation.
Keith Rosson is the author of the novels SMOKE CITY, ROAD SEVEN and THE MERCY OF THE TIDE, as well as the recent story collection, FOLK SONGS FOR TRAUMA SURGEONS all published with starred reviews from award-winning indie publisher Meerkat Press (praise is attached). His short stories have appeared in Southwest Review, PANK, Cream City Review, Outlook Springs, December, Phantom Drift, and others. He is also a legally blind illustrator and graphic designer - which certainly provides its own unique challenges and rewards - with clients that include Green Day, Against Me!, and Warner Bros. He lives in Portland with his partner and two children.
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