Description: "White supremacists, gypsy fortune tellers, a volcanologist, a wise rabbi and an unorthodox private detective are joined in a curious tale. Stephan Raszer (Enoch's Portal, 2001) is not your typical California gumshoe. A tragedy caused him to rebuild his life right down to a new identity. His latest mission is to extract gay Jewish lawyer Fortis Cohn from his bizarre position as legal advisor to a group of neo-Nazi thugs holed up in a compound on Mt. Shasta. When the mutilated body of Cohn's friend is discovered, Raszer connects him to Madame Rey, a gypsy fortuneteller who eventually hands over a coded message the murdered man left with her after his disquieting Tarot reading. Raszer has arranged to go to Mt. Shasta posing as a geologist helping to monitor the mountain, which has developed disquieting underground activities since the arrival of the neo-Nazis. Raszer's sometime operative, hippie chick April Blessing, cozies up to Bronk Vreeland, leader of the Military Order of Thule, in hopes of opening a crack in the organization Raszer can slip through. What they discover about the group and its activities has alarming global implications. More murders are the least of Raszer's problems as he tries to derail the maniacal organization. Raszer's case, likely to appeal to fans of mysticism and sci-fi, is a Tolkien-like battle between good and evil that obviously demands a sequel." -Kirkus "Stephan Raszer is a hero in the grand lineage of sleuths with a taste for the esoteric, who rely on unexpected allies and more than the usual five senses as they dare to tackle extraordinary crimes." -Otto Penzler, founder of The Mysterious Bookshop "The Last Days of Madame Reyis an eruption of a book that is quite likely to take up a sort of illicit residence in your skull." -David Freeman, author ofA Hollywood EducationandThe Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock "From the bedrooms of Hollywood to the gates of death, psychic sleuth Stephan Raszer stalks both a killer and a conspiracy through the occult lizard-brain of uppermost California's secret spaces. With his feral and stylish mix of Aleister Crowley and Troma Studios, A. W. Hill has given us a real brain-kick of a book." -Sarah Smith, author ofThe Knowledge of WaterandA Citizen of the Country "The Last Days of Madame Reyis a ritualistic, apocalyptic mystery that launches a new talent of truly deranged proportions-and I mean that in an earth-shakingly good way. I want to see more of Stephan Raszer." -Christopher Fowler, author ofFull Dark HouseandTen-Second Staircase Praise for A.W. Hill'sNowhere-Land: "Nowhere-Landis a tense, odd thriller due to the New Age elements. Stephen is a fabulous hero as he follows clues that lead to a tri-focus where occult power is strong."-Mystery Gazette "A.W. Hill manages to stake the plot of the soul on top of the plot of the story, making for a page-turner that tries not to be too much more but can't quite help it-guilty and spiritual pleasure dancing on the head of a pin." -Alan Rifkin, author ofSignal Hill "Fans of role-playing games will best appreciate Hill's genre-bending third novel to feature L.A. detective-shaman Stephan Raszer."-Publishers Weekly

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