Heraclix & Pomp: A Novel of the Fabricated and the Fey

Before being sewn-together Heraclix was dead--merely a pile of mismatched pieces collected from the corpses of many troubled men. And Pomp was immortal--at least so she thought. That was before her impossible near-murder at the hands of the necromancer Heraclixs creator. But when playing God even the smallest error is a gargantuan weakness. When the necromancer makes his Heraclix and Pomp begin their epic flight. As they travel from Vienna to Prague to Istanbul and even to Hell itself they struggle to understand who and what they are: who was Heraclix before his death and rebirth? What is mortality and why does it suddenly concern Pomp? As they journey through an unruly eighteenth century they discover that the necromancer they thought dead might not be quite so after all. In fact he may have sealed his immortality at the expense of everyone alive . . . Heraclix and Pomp is a richly textured and decadent read filled with Baroque ideology and Byzantine political intrigue. Fans of fantasy and historical fiction alike will revel in Aguirres layered prose and vivid characterizations. Heraclix and Pomp brings the surreal and the macabre to one of historys most violent eras.