Incarnate

<p><b>In a frozen tundra a sin-eater fights for redemption and absolution as monstrous creatures ravage a community already struggling to survive.</b></p><p>Sebastian Pana is a sin-eater a shaman-like figure who can absolve the dead of their transgressions before they move on to the afterlife. But when a tear in the fabric of reality allows hideous beasts to invade the small arctic town he calls home Sebastian must wage battle with them the only way he knows how: by unleashing the power of sin itself.</p><p>Thus the stage is set for an epic confrontation between the forces of good and evil in which a mother monster strives to save the dying land around her-and a young Inuit boy haunted by Sebastian's fate risks everything to forge a new way forward for the desperate vestiges of humanity. As an obliterating darkness descends from the frozen mountains this profoundly redemptive tale will build toward a climactic showdown in which nature and the supernatural collide with the eternal quest for healing and forgiveness.</p><p>From an author who has been compared to Lovecraft Bradbury and Gaiman <i>Incarnate </i>is a masterpiece of contemporary arctic horror-a dark unsettling story told in a maximalist voice inflected with powerful notes of hope and grace.</p><p>Thomas excels at summoning nightmarish images as vivid as they are stark. . . . The most terrifying aspects of the novel however stem from its strange shifting structure which never quite allows the reader to find firm footing. . . . Fans of Brian Evenson will enjoy-and perhaps cower from-this cold-weather tale. -<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></p><p>A stunningly creepy supernatural thriller set in the remote Arctic. It captures the terror of being alone in the frozen darkness with something dreadful. Weird and thrilling! -Jonathan Maberry <i>New York-Times</i> bestselling author of the Sleepers War and NecroTek series</p><p><i> </i> <i>A</i> harrowing look into the world of a sin-eater stationed at the end of the world. Richard Thomas manages to harness the northern lights into a brutal story about weathering the frozen tundra as well as the suffering of all mankind. Graceful cosmic and heartbreaking <i>Incarnate</i> is a universe unto itself. -Gus Moreno author of <i>This Thing Between Us</i></p><p><i> </i> In <i>Incarnate</i> Richard Thomas shows himself to be a master alchemist who can spin elements of a survival tale healing magick cosmic horror and true environmental dread into pure dark gold that's enchanting truly weird and utterly frightening. -Lisa Morton Bram Stoker Award-winning author of <i>The Castle of Los Angeles</i></p><p><i> </i> Thomas's characters peer behind the thin veil between worlds mapping a landscape that's sinister but not hopeless. <i>Incarnate</i> will stick with you long after the last page. -A. G. Slatter award-winning author of <i>The Briar Book of the Dead</i></p><p><i> </i> Burns like cold ice. Forged from classic weird fiction the feeling of isolation never lets up even as the stakes rise to impossible heights. <i>Incarnate</i> offers a glimpse into a dark portal where nefarious things are all too anxious to cross over. This is Thomas at his best: dark unforgiving and painfully redemptive. -John Palisano Bram Stoker Award-winning author of <i>Requiem</i> and <i>Placerita</i></p><p><i> </i> Thomas creates a detailed transcendental world full of both beauty and brutality. There are too many monsters to count and yet we still dare to hope. My favorite work of his to date. -Mercedes M. Yardley Bram Stoker Award-winning author</p><p><i> </i> Reading <i>Incarnate</i> is a visceral experience-weird cosmic horror at its purest. Brutal and unforgiving Thomas's novel is epic in its scope and ideas. The creature horror is mind-blowing-endlessly unique and fascinating in its variety. In his skilled hands even the wildest beast is human and capable of redemption. I truly don't know how else to describe