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The Fissure King

A Novel in Five Stories

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The Fissure King

By: Rachel Pollack
Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka
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In the classic noir tradition of Have Gun - Will Travel, Rachel Pollack - one of the world's foremost authorities on the Tarot - gives us the tale of Jack Shade, an occult shaman for hire.

Jack Shade has a secret, and this hidden part of his past sends him on a journey through time and space and a great number of metaphysical doorways. From the cozy poker table in the 11th-floor apartment of the Hôtel de Rêve Noire to the ethereal Forest of Souls to the faded houses along the Gold River, Jack flows in and out of this world. Even when his own duplicate hires him to kill himself, Jack is mercury in motion. Jack the Nimble, Jack the Quick.

The Fissure King: A Novel in Five Stories collects the four existing Jack Shades novellas and shows us Jack's final trick - one last story that finally reveals Jack's true nature.

Only Rachel Pollack, an award-winning novelist and comic book writer, could dream of someone as mischievous and mythopoeic as Jack Shade. The king is dead. Long live the king.

©2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc. (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Action & Adventure Contemporary Fantasy Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Paranormal Paranormal & Urban Science Fiction Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Adventure Classics Fantasy Thriller
Compelling Storylines • Intriguing World Building • Great Narrator • Unique Format • Poetic Storytelling • Complex Hero
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I've just finished this and am too in awe to write about it yet. I feel I'm vibrating like a tuning fork -- the book resonates for me.

BRILLIANT !

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The first chapter was kinda hard to get into but by the second chapter I was hooked
Worth the credit

Not what I expected but better

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Really liked the author's world building, but the MC seems too impulsive to have lived as long as he has.

Great story, impulsive MC

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This was so very satisfying. I love a story with so many tendrils that I have to listen again to tie the knots. I love these knots. The magic here is so comfortable and yet so complex. The format of stories that fold into each other is new to me and kept me rapt.

I want more of this world and these wonderful characters but I also found the ending both transcendent and absolutely heartbreaking.

I am so hopeful for more from this pairing. The narration reeled me in and pulled me under. The last time I was this happy to drown in a novel was Between Two Fires.

Thank you 😊💔💘

I need more but...

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I thought this was a different book. It's pretty good and the orator is also very good. I was surprised and pleased by how much I enjoyed the book. Worth the listen.

I actually bought this by accident.

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Went into it with no expectations & was richly rewarded by both compelling storylines & perfectly matched narrator.

snark with heart. Found myself rewinding certain chapters to scoop up extra!

a pretty believable twist on reality

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Fascinating, dark fantasy with new twists! Love this author and reader. Worth the credit for sure!

Exceptional

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It was ok.. I used it to pass the time on a treadmill. But had no problem shutting it off when the time was up.

Hit and miss

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Rachel Pollack is an absolute genius! Her story telling encapsulates the mythos of the multidimensional time we live in. She weaves in magic and myth into a contemporary time in an easeful and poetic way that brings joy, inspiration and mystery. MUST READ!

A story for our time !

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great book a lot of details to keep track of but not difficult to do so with this enjoyable novel

I really got into this book, man. I enjoyed it.

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