Publisher's Synopsis
This latest collection from Tom G.H. Adams contains nine stories that explore the power our fantasies hold over us and the price they exact: A biotronic assassin is on a mission to destroy a key player called the Synchro-Dog. But who is a greater threat to the grand order? A young boy holds an uncanny power over insects. Such an ability can be used for selfish or noble purposes. Surely he will choose the righteous path?When you're incarcerated in a medieval gibbet there are many thoughts that pass through your mind. Most prominent of all is how long it will take you to die.What happens when reality breaks down, when the very ground you walk on threatens to open up and swallow you at a moment's notice? Maybe you don't want to think about it. Maybe oblivion is a better option.Nightmares come in many forms. Being eaten alive by something you can't even see must surely rate as one of the worst imaginable.What is life's greatest addiction? Joni has experienced some of the strongest available but now he's looking for a way out. Will the Rainforest Queen give him what he wants?Curiosity killed the cat, and a well may be the death of this unfortunate investigator. Will it come from the thirty foot fall or the two figures he thought were his rescuers?We all have mountains to climb. Some are physical, others metaphorical; but they all have the power to fixate.Corvids get a bad press, but they aren't all harbingers of doom.We long for that which will release us, but we must always weigh the rewards against the consequences of beckoning the empty in.From the author of The Psychonaut trilogy and Mycophoria, this collection will disturb and provoke. It is most definitely not a cosy read
