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Soft Skull Press
April 2012
On Sale: April 10, 2012
ISBN: 1593764324
EAN: 9781593764326
Kindle: B007NJB6FO
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Thriller
A serial killer with a penchant for severed hands. A watch
that runs backward and forward – at the same time. An
Eastern European gangster known only as Rumplestiltskin. The
Nazi invasion of Prague, Soviet-era Czech secret police,
16th century alchemy and black magic – mild-mannered
American Lee Holloway never thought any of these would
intrude upon his ordinary life. But that was before he received a mysterious letter from a
woman named Vera, a cryptic missive implying Lee’s estranged
brother Paul, who disappeared years ago in Prague, was
actually murdered in an attempt to steal The Rudolf
Complication, a priceless watch commissioned by the
eccentric Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, rumored to hold the
power of eternal life. When Lee goes to Prague to
investigate, his involvement with the enigmatic Vera, as
well as the guidance offered from a mysterious travel book,
triggers a series of violent and bizarre events that force
Lee to confront disturbing truths about his brother as well
as himself. Unless Lee can reconstruct the final hours of
his brother's life, and separate truth from myth in this
haunted city, he might not get out of Prague alive. Complication is a twisted, mind-bending, contemporary thrill
ride– in the spirit of such mind-bending narratives as House
of Leaves and Memento.–set in the dark heart of Europe, a
place where old ghosts and ancient legends still walk the
streets.
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