IN THE SHADOWS OF WAR AND HISTORY,
THE MIRROR BETWEEN MAN AND MONSTER BREAKS . . .
From the haunted hills of Roman Britain to the sewers of occupied Warsaw. . . in the bloodied streets of Revolutionary Paris, and the anarchy World War II Shanghai. . . out of the wilds of America, India, Africa and Europe. . . down the long savage darkness of the centuries, monsters have fed upon us.
They are shapeshifters, vampires, sorcerers and spirits--things named only in myth, and things for which we have no name. They are our demons, our reflections, our desires and our nightmares. And all too often, they are. . . only human.
In this second collection from Gemma Files--featuring the award-winning "The Emperor's Old Bones" (winner of the 1999 International Horror Guild Award for Best Short Fiction), and five never-before-published stories--we tour the overlooked intersections between wilderness and civilization where secret dances of fear and pain are performed and hunters and hunted change roles.
It's a long, dark road with no map, no compass and no friendly face to guide us. So ask yourself carefully, traveller. . . are you up for this sort of trip?
