Tom Porter, a Marine who fought in Iraq, makes a deal with a devil to save his wife from terminal cancer. Mr. Mayflower, the Billionaire Samaritan, has a miracle cure...for a price. To save his wife, the Marine must cross a line he thought he'd never cross and commit a crime that goes against his deepest convictions. He does it all for his wife, but Mayflower's deal has dark and terrible strings attached. The double-crossing billionaire drags Tom deeper into a nightmare of pain and brutality, one in which the final price for a foolproof cure might be everything he cares about and the only salvation he has left in the world. Don't miss this exciting tale by award-winning storyteller Robert T. Jeschonek, a master of unique and unexpected crime fiction and mysteries that really pack a punch.

Reviews

"Robert Jeschonek is a towering talent..." – Mike Resnick, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author

"Jeschonek´s stories are delightfully insane, a pleasure to read..." – Fabio Fernandes, Fantasy Book Critic

"Robert Jeschonek is the literary love child of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman—his fiction is cutting edge, original, and pulsing with dark and fantastical life. His stories suck me in and refuse to let me go until the last page..." – Adrian Phoenix, critically acclaimed author of The Maker's Song series and Black Dust Mambo

Contents

Story plus novel preview

About the Author

Robert T. Jeschonek is an award-winning writer whose fiction, comics, essays, articles, and podcasts have been published around the world. DC Comics, Simon & Schuster, and DAW Books have published his work. Robert was nominated for the British Fantasy Award for his story, "Fear of Rain." His young adult urban fantasy novel, My Favorite Band Does Not Exist, was named one of Booklist's Top Ten First Novels for Youth.