“With his latest, Rogers presents the first in his Black Lands series, featuring a supernatural detective desperate to escape the clutches of a strange, nightmarish world.”
In 1945, a portal opened. A rip in reality leading into the Black Lands, a world of perpetual night filled with strange and deadly entities. Soon after, another portal appears. Then several more. Now, the government works to secure every portal they find. As more portals open, and with no methods to predict or prevent them, the world is primed to panic mode.
Felix Renn knows the Black Lands quite well. Working as a private investigator, his cases have gotten him closer than most. So much so, he’s got a pretty good reputation dealing with supernatural threats. But those who face the Black Lands end up dead, usually in horrifying ways. When a simple missing person’s case pops up in the town of Sycamore, Felix is ready for the opportunity.
But this isn’t just a missing person’s case. No, something else is going on in Sycamore. A serial killer is on the loose. The bodies start to pile up, and it becomes clear the killer may be something other than human.
Felix may have thought he was done with the Black Lands, but he soon discovers a terrifying truth: the Black Lands aren’t done with him.
Why we’re excited about this book:
Over the past few years, Ian Rogers has caught the attention of horror fiction readers all over the world. The author of Every House is Haunted (optioned by Sam Raimi, currently in development at Netflix), Family, Grey, and Shards, Rogers’ fiction has appeared in such publications as Dread, Midian Unmade: Tales of Clive Barker’s Nightbreed, Strange Aeons, Shadows Edge, Cemetery Dance, and Transmissions from Punktown among others. With his latest, Rogers presents the first in his Black Lands series, featuring a supernatural detective desperate to escape the clutches of a strange, nightmarish world. Laird Barron (Not a Speck of Light) says: Indomitable PI Felix Renn is back for another case and I’m delighted to follow him once again into the fray. Rogers’ writing is pure gold.” and Nick Cutter (The Troop, The Queen) says: “With Sycamore, Ian Rogers delivers a serpentine narrative involving missing people, mobsters, rogue intelligence agents, and monsters that refuse to stay dead. Felix Renn is a masterful creation … fans of Jim Butcher and Richard Kadrey will be enthralled with the world of the Black Lands.”
Releasing from Cemetery Dance 29 October 2024, Sycamore by Ian Rogers is available for pre-order now.
BOB PASTORELLA
