E. R. Eddison

Keith Henderson

"The greatest and most convincing writer of 'invented worlds' that I have read." J. R. R. Tolkien. Written in the best traditions of Homeric epics, Eddison's masterpiece recounts compelling tales of warriors and witches. "

The Worm Ouroboros

Gavin McHenry is a lonely, restless man. Even among the beautiful and bountiful yuletide merriment of his cousin Arthur LeMagnes Christmas feast, the RCMP constable stands apart, brooding and regretful. Then a strange Sasquatch on a sled crashes the party and challenges him to a cruel game. A kind of duel, it will lead to other tests along the way as a year hence Gavin goes in search of the beast the Dene Nation call Nuk-luk. Is the young constable just an old-fashioned Canadian adventurer or a retro Millennial adrenalin junkie? Gavins struggle for virtuous action and nobility of soul in a self-serving world of violent deceit and sexual treachery may be that of every man and woman alive today. In Sasquatch and the Green Sash, Keith Hendersons narrator presents a scarily enchanting and thrilling tale of two determined, duty-bound adversaries. Gavins struggle is ours, and something to savour for sure -- but maybe not too sweetly? One thing clear through all the snow and ice and race to win is what some will risk to gain or lose, be it love or fame through sin and dishonour in the perilous Arctic mountains of Canadas mystical north Sasquatch and the Green Sash is a modernised retelling of the medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight...

Sasquatch and the Green Sash

Eric Rücker Eddison

The Mezentian Gate

Everything seems broken in Suzanna Ricci's life. Only 42, her marriage to Len has disintegrated. Her relationship to their teenage boys, Robin and Logan, is in need of repair. Now her mother, 'that martial soul,' wants to restore the family home in AcquaSacra, damaged by earthquake. Her daughter has to make. At least when Len, a dodgy accountant, encouraged by Robert Bliss, Suzanna feels hopeful of being a freer of her ex. Until she realizes the crazy cost of disentangling herself, and not just from him or his 'associates.' Old World skepticism kicks at New World concerns in AcquaSacra, Keith Henderson's brisk new novel about private deception and public corruption. His cast includes an honest architect, a gutsy office clerk, the modern-day witch of a drained lake, and at least one (reformed) dirt-digging lawyer. But what is Suzanna to do when the mob and their extra-legal cross-border political shenanigans invade her life? While Montreal's underworld seems as full of venomous snakes and mean dogs as the Abruzzo mountains, Roman history, Italian mafia, dutiful Canadians, and migrant African workers collide, headlong and bizarrely comedic. At the center of the crash, stunned and sheep-like, lies Suzanna. Henderson, the author of The Roof Walkers, again delivers an entertaining and perceptive story in AcquaSacra about the nature of personal responsibility, this time in an age of multinational delinquency. If Suzanna survives the wreckage, it will be by honoring the true meaning of 'family' in any global village.

Keith Henderson

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