The Fissure King

A Novel in Five Stories

By: Rachel Pollack

Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka

In the classic noir tradition of Have Gun - Will Travel, Rachel Pollack - one of the world's foremost authorities on the Tarot - gives us the tale of Jack Shade, an occult shaman for hire.

Jack Shade has a secret, and this hidden part of his past sends him on a journey through time and space and a great number of metaphysical doorways. From the cozy poker table in the 11th-floor apartment of the Hôtel de Rêve Noire to the ethereal Forest of Souls to the faded houses along the Gold River, Jack flows in and out of this world. Even when his own duplicate hires him to kill himself, Jack is mercury in motion. Jack the Nimble, Jack the Quick.

The Fissure King: A Novel in Five Stories collects the four existing Jack Shades novellas and shows us Jack's final trick - one last story that finally reveals Jack's true nature.

Only Rachel Pollack, an award-winning novelist and comic book writer, could dream of someone as mischievous and mythopoeic as Jack Shade. The king is dead. Long live the king.

©2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc. (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Great story, impulsive MC

Really liked the author's world building, but the MC seems too impulsive to have lived as long as he has.

I need more but...

This was so very satisfying. I love a story with so many tendrils that I have to listen again to tie the knots. I love these knots. The magic here is so comfortable and yet so complex. The format of stories that fold into each other is new to me and kept me rapt.

I want more of this world and these wonderful characters but I also found the ending both transcendent and absolutely heartbreaking.

I am so hopeful for more from this pairing. The narration reeled me in and pulled me under. The last time I was this happy to drown in a novel was Between Two Fires.

Thank you 😊💔💘

I actually bought this by accident.

I thought this was a different book. It's pretty good and the orator is also very good. I was surprised and pleased by how much I enjoyed the book. Worth the listen.

a pretty believable twist on reality

Went into it with no expectations & was richly rewarded by both compelling storylines & perfectly matched narrator.

snark with heart. Found myself rewinding certain chapters to scoop up extra!

BRILLIANT !

I've just finished this and am too in awe to write about it yet. I feel I'm vibrating like a tuning fork -- the book resonates for me.