The song in Deacon’s head is growing stronger, and soon he won’t be able to ignore it any more.Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Together, they seek to leave Arkham, only to find the Thousand Young lurking in the woods.
Like Deacon, she carries something deep inside her, something twisted and dangerous. Cassandra Khaw A Song for Quiet (Persons Non Grata, 2) Paperback Augby Cassandra Khaw (Author) 233 ratings Book 2 of 2: Persons Non Grata See all formats and editions Kindle 4.99 Read with Our Free App Paperback 12.59 13 Used from 3.88 19 New from 7. As Deacon flees, chased by horrors and cultists, he stumbles upon a runaway girl, who is trying to escape the destiny awaiting her. His saxophone doesn't call up his audience from their seats, it calls up monstrosities from across dimensions. The mad ravings chase Deacon to his next gig. According to the stranger, Deacon is carrying a seed in his head, a thing that will destroy the world if he lets it hatch. On a train to Arkham, he meets trouble - visions of nightmares, gaping mouths and grasping tendrils, and a madman who calls himself John Persons.
(Sept.**Cassandra Khaw returns with A Song for Quiet, a new standalone Persons Non Grata novella from the world of Hammers on Bone, finalist for the British Fantasy Award and the Locus Award, and which Kameron Hurley called "** a long leap into the gory, the weird, and the fantastic."ĭeacon James is a rambling bluesman straight from Georgia, a black man with troubles that he can't escape, and music that won't let him go. Agent: Michael Curry, Donald Maass Literary. Khaw continues to demonstrate her mastery of seductive short-form horror, juxtaposing the disgusting and relentlessly terrifying with moments of exquisite beauty in ways that make it impossible to look away. Deacon encounters Ana, a young vocalist who shares his affliction, and together they must decide whether John Persons, gumshoe investigator and fighter against the Lovecraftian darkness, is pursuing them as friend or enemy. As Georgia bluesman Deacon James travels alone toward Arkham, Mass., he faces both the dangers of racism and the terror of the song in his head, which he can’t resist playing even when he knows that doing so warps the world and brings forth monstrous horrors. She blends 1959 cultural cadences with the visceral language of Lovecraftian horror and disturbingly lyrical descriptions of music that won’t let go until it destroys the player. In the second novella in her Persons Non Grata series (after Hammers on Bone), Khaw introduces a new protagonist but continues the deeply affecting ambiance of a prose symphony.
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