Praise for Cynan Jones:
"[A] piercing novella. . . . Like Cormac McCarthy, Jones can make the everyday sound fraught and biblical."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Jones's perfectly pitched novel will appeal to anyone looking beyond sheer thrills."—Library Journal
"This slim volume has all the gravity of a black hole, and reading it is like standing on the event horizon. . . . It's like a more beautiful Cormac McCarthy; a darker W.H. Auden."—Elliot Bay Book Company
"There's nothing bucolic about this elemental, extraordinary tale of good and evil."—Shelf Awareness
Jones deftly explores his characters' motives, particularly the hope they cling to despite the risks they take."—Booklist
It's as if the novel is the slowed-down spinning of a bullet through the grooves of a barrel, waiting to be released into the world."—Vol. 1 Brooklyn
Darkly luminous ....