Roger Clark

• Biography

  Roger Clark is a professional actor and voiceover artist who lives in New York City. He is best known for his award-winning portrayal of Arthur Morgan in the 2018 video game Red Dead Redemption 2. He has performed in over forty-five countries. His first venture in audio narration was as a child, helping his father record local newspapers for the blind and visually impaired.

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• Praise for Books

  “Ryan Coleman delivers a stunning epic first novel that shows you the young man behind the outlaw legend and takes readers inside the war for Lincoln County with gun-blazing ferocity.” —Don Winslow, #1 internationally bestselling author

  “James Wade is a poet of the dark. With gorgeous lyricism, he writes of men and women caught in the bleakest of circumstances and the choices that must be made when desperate times require desperate measures. It’s been forever since I read a novel so stunning in its language and so moving in its effect. Read this book and prepare to be amazed.” —William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author of Ordinary Grace and This Tender Land

  “An imaginative, fun, and exciting novel.” —Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling author, on Cold as Hell

  “Wade’s pitch-perfect, personality-driven dialogue sings in the voice of life, and his ability to meld existential thought, situational metaphor, and cinematic setting is a full-bodied experience…A soul-deep exploration of a wounded man in crisis, James Wade’s Beasts of the Earth…secures his position as an author of extraordinary merit.” —New York Journal of Books

  “A badass supernatural western…It’s like the Witcher goes to Tombstone.” —Larry Correia, New York Times bestselling author of Monster Hunter International

  “Texas writer James Wade delivers a gripping and honest tale of a young boy confronting the evils of the world around him…If you enjoyed Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones or Daniel Woodrell’s Winter’s Bone, this is likely the book for you.” —San Francisco Book Review

  “Billy the Kid: The War for Lincoln County is part western, part historical fiction, with Coleman’s fine craftsmanship and ace storytelling making for a worthy addition to the history of Henry McCarty (a.k.a. William Bonney, a.k.a. Billy the Kid). Coleman’s depth of character and attention to detail bring us even closer to the near-mythic figure we thought we knew. This is a must-read for western lovers and history buffs alike.” —James Wade, Spur Award–winning author of Hollow Out the Dark and All Things Left Wild

  “In Hollow Out the Dark, James Wade casts a cold East Texas landscape in all its grim glory, reflecting the hearts of the men who battle for their piece of it. This prohibition-era Western is no simple tale of bootleggers and lawmen but a meditation on morality in which even the good must choose their own corruption. Wade imbues poetry, philosophy, and craftsmanship in his prose. From story, to scene, to sentence, his care is present in each word. A joy to read.” —Caroline Frost, award-winning author of The Last Verse and Shadows of Pecan Hollow

  “A badass supernatural Western…It’s like the Witcher goes to Tombstone.” —Larry Correia, New York Times bestselling author, on Cold as Hell

  “James Wade’s Beasts of the Earth delivers on the promise of his first two novels with this scorched-earth tale of a solitary innocent struggling against the unrelenting misery of a rural community in the American South who believe him to be a degenerate criminal. Reminiscent of early McCarthy, Larry Brown, or the great Tom Franklin, Wade uses two timelines to weave this intricate story that culminates in a most satisfying crescendo of honor, violence, and the only kind of justice some folks ever get. It’s his depictions of noble suffering that strike deepest—I’ll be thinking about young Michael Fischer, a boy struggling to hold together that last fragments of his humanity, for a long time. James Wade has all the tools, imagination, and more than enough passion to be at the vanguard of the best Grit-Lit writers of his generation, and I’ll be reading whatever he puts out.” —Matt Bondurant, bestselling author of Oleander City and Lawless

  “Undead cowboy ronin delivering the Lord’s justice in the Old West? Cold as Hell snared me like a lasso and never let go.” —Scott Sigler, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Earthcore

  “With echoes of Jim Harrison, Cormac McCarthy (and perhaps a smidge of Flannery O’Connor), River, Sing Out is a beautiful, brutal meditation on survival and love in the face of nearly unspeakable violence and depravity in an East Texas community ravaged by the meth trade. Taut, lyrical, and precise, the prose soars in this important new novel by James Wade.” —Elizabeth Wetmore, New York Times bestselling author

  “A stunning debut from a gifted new author.” —T. J. Newman, #1 bestselling author of Falling

  “James Wade’s newest novel, Hollow Out the Dark, is a masterpiece of atmospheric crime fiction; a worthy successor to the likes of William Gay and Cormac McCarthy. Set in East Texas, it is an epic, and age-old, story of greed and generational betrayal—where vengeance is swift and forgiveness a long time coming.” —Kathleen Kent, New York Times bestselling author of Black Wolf 

  “Cold as Hell snared me like a lasso and never let go.” —Scott Sigler, #1 New York Times bestselling author, on Cold as Hell

  “James Wade writes a terrific story, but that isn’t what makes him so good. Wade is a craftsman. His books should be read slowly, to luxuriate in his word choices, his sentence structure, his character revelation. That is why he is a joy to read.” —James L. Haley, Spur Award–winning author of the Bliven Putnam Naval Adventures

  “The rich mystical elements feel every bit as authentic to the west as the gunslinging and grit, all of which deftly bring the characters and setting to life.” —Shirtaloon, Top 10 Amazon charts bestselling author of He Who Fights with Monsters

  “River, Sing Out is a poetic, exceedingly descriptive gothic fiction of place and time, and even more pictorial of living a poor life in the deep East Texas woods…Roger Clark, the narrator, has a voice that is rich and expressive. A richness that makes a girl like me swoon. Clark’s changing from the various characters even to a girl to a boy never broke its cadence. Without a doubt, Clark’s voice conveys River, Sing Out into a phenomenally memorable story…It is a story that can take miles off your long drives or commutes.” —Forgotten Winds

  “Coleman truly makes Billy the star of the show.” —Booklist

  “With addictive prose and a style all his own, James Wade delivers another powerful read. Part Western, part Southern lit, part thriller, part mystery, part character study set in rural East Texas in the 1930s, Hollow Out the Dark is a mesmerizing story, dark, raw, and original.” —Johnny D. Boggs, nine-time Spur Award winner 

  “A weird and wild twist on the Old West that mashes gunslingers, divine intervention, and the supernatural into one hell of a story. Highly recommended!” —Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author, on Cold as Hell

  “Wade returns with another stark and chilling tale…From reptiles in the swamp hunting prey to reptilian men, cold and calculating, beasts feature in this disturbing novel…The prose is beautiful. —Library Journal

  “Dark, gritty, and ultimately satisfying, Cold as Hell takes you on a nightmarish trip through a Weird West full of undead outlaws and hellish demons.” —Joseph Nassise, New York Times bestselling author of the Templar Chronicles

  “If you read one novel this year, make it this one. James Wade’s River, Sing Out is an instant classic filled with characters that will break your heart, lyrical prose as haunted as the river it evokes, and a Southern Noir undertow that wholly sucks you in and keeps you turning the pages until its searing, masterful conclusion.” —May Cobb, author of The Hunting Wives

  “Billy the Kid: The War for Lincoln County delivers everything quality historical fiction should…Coleman creates a Shakespearean tale of political plotting and fate with dust, gunpowder, and blood.”  —The Hard Word

  “If John Steinbeck and Cormac McCarthy have a present-day successor, it must be James Wade. As intoxicating and robust as its subject matter, Hollow Out the Dark is a Prohibition-era tale that poignantly reminds us although times may change, the human spirit remains frighteningly and unflinchingly the same. Wade distills language with the artistry of an expert craftsman and the fearlessness of a bootlegger. At once heartbreaking and hopeful, this book cements Wade’s growing stature as a standard-bearer of Southern-gothic literature while proving yet again that he is one of the most distinctive voices of our time.” —Rudy Ruiz, award-winning author of Valley of Shadows and The Border Between Us

  “Cold as Hell? More like fun as hell…Westerns don’t get any weirder than this.” —Matt Forbeck, New York Times bestselling author, on Cold as Hell

  “All Things Left Wild was one of my favorite novels of the last two years, as was River, Sing Out. But neither of those novels could have prepared me for the dark and compelling vision of Beasts of the Earth. I found myself rooting for the characters throughout their near-Biblical tribulations, and the storyline kept me turning the pages, desperate to find out what would happen next. Here we have a novel that blends realism with existentialist philosophy to redefine contemporary Southern fiction. Don’t miss this tour de force of modern literature.” —David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Spur and Anthony Award–winning author of Winter Counts

  “The authors strike a good balance between action and mood, moving the story along at a breathless pace. As a horror-adventure blend, there is, of course, plenty of the expected blood and gore. For those who enjoy supernatural adventures with lots of heroic action set in a novel environment, Cold as Hell delivers.” —Booklist

  “A literary work of art, with exceptional characterization and philosophical prose guiding the story along the banks of the Neches…James Wade’s writing is rhapsodic…This novel will not disappoint readers looking for thought-provoking fiction about love and affection conquering the mud and debauchery of life, even if for a little while.” —Lone Star Literary Life

  “Anyone who loves Westerns will be fascinated with this book that breaks down all the discrepancies about Billy the Kid…There is plenty of action that will keep readers pinned to their seat.” —Crimespree

  “With his characteristic insight and imagination, James Wade takes us to another era and makes it tremble with authenticity. The manner in which Wade sees life so clearly, even in the dark, creates a psychology of characters carefully wrought. Wade’s distinctive lyricism threads the narrative and his pitch-perfect rendering of the biome of the piney woods throbs with metaphor, running through the novel like a river, clean and clear.” —Lucy Griffith, WILLA Literary Award–winning poet

  “A clever and fantastical spin on a well-worn and much-loved genre.”⁠ —Lou Diamond Phillips, actor, on Cold as Hell

  “Like Flannery O’Connor, James Wade explores what it means to be human—our capacity for good rivaled only by our capacity for evil, our weakness alongside our urge for redemption and grace—with gloriously complex characters and gorgeous prose. Beasts of the Earth is a beautiful gut-punch of a novel.” —Stacey Swann, author of Olympus, Texas

  “If you love Westerns, a well-worn and much-loved genre, you will wholeheartedly enjoy this book. It provides a beautiful description of the Wild West in all its gritty glory.”  —Book Junkie Reviews

  “Powerful and well-written modern tragedy.” —Midwest Book Review

  “Told in short vignettes, the novel is a breathless read, moving rapidly between various parties, up until the long-drawn-out showdown in Lincoln…I warmly recommend this to readers of Western frontier fiction for its wealth of detail, and perhaps a more sensitive relaying of the facts which precede the legend.” —Historical Novel Society

  “Hollow Out the Dark is a major achievement in Southern noir, a Prohibition-era crime epic that is at heart an affecting exploration of brotherhood in its many forms. With lyrical prose and sly period dialogue, James Wade builds a propulsive narrative that explodes with revelation. A haunting read that lingers in the memory long after the final page.” —Scott Von Doviak, Edgar Award–nominated author of Lowdown Road and Charlesgate Confidential

  “James Wade is a writer of exceptional talent and this novel is his latest entry toward his path to greatness.” —Scott Semegran, award-winning author of The Benevolent Lords of Sometimes Island and host of Austin Liti Limits

  “An action-packed Western fantasy that can best be described as Sandman Slim meets Josey Wales…The West has never been wilder and now it’s Cold as Hell.” —San Francisco Book Review

  “Wade, whose striking debut, All Things Left Wild (2020), traveled back a century in Texas history, uses an unlikely friendship to explore an equally wild present-day landscape…A haunting fable of an impossible relationship fueled by elemental need and despair.” —Kirkus Reviews

  “Coleman provides some much-needed humanization of a character who feels like part of American folklore…The story allows us to reach back into the past and take a deeper look at one of the most famous names of the Old West.” —Fully Booked

  “A war-for-whiskey Western in a small Texas town with prose that sings like Cormac, Woodrell, and Walter Hill formed a boy band. James Wade has packed a wallop of a gothic gut-punch about discovering where one’s moral compass may land while spinning in a Depression-era storm of violence, corruption, and the hardest of times.” —Mike McCrary, author of Someone Savage and the Remo Cobb series

  “James Wade really impressed me with his latest release, Beasts of the Earth. It’s written in the style of great, serious fiction and called to mind tales of the modern West by writers like Cormac McCarthy and playwright Sam Shepard…Wade certainly has a way with the written word and creates images and moods of this small Texas town that become so vivid in the mind’s eye…Harlen LeBlanc is destined to go down as one of the great characters in recent fiction. I cannot recommend this exhilarating and soul-filled novel strongly enough for those who don’t believe that modern literature can hark back to the days of writers like Steinbeck.” —Bookreporter

  “They used to say the Western is dead…and now it really is⁠—in a good way! In Cold as Hell, authors Rhett C. Bruno and Jaime Castle put a clever and fantastical spin on a well-worn and much-loved genre.”⁠ —Lou Diamond Phillips, actor, Longmire, Young Guns, Prodigal Son

  “What lifts River Sing Out far beyond the ordinary is its exquisite, elegant writing which concisely confronts the ugly truth of rural poverty in American society. Souls are stripped bare with mesmerising intensity. The incessant rain, the oppressive heat and the river itself saturate the story. Author James Wade eloquently captures the brutal, beautiful reality of coming of age; first love, deceit, betrayal and rejection, and he weaves all these themes into a nail-biting plot that would do Hollywood proud. It can be hard-going at times as Wade explores just how bleak and brutal this world can be. Yet ultimately this is a celebration of the strength of the human spirit. It is relentless at times and it should be shocking, but River Sing Out also illustrates the strength of quiet conviction with poetic grace and understated compassion. If you admire the writing craft of James Lee Burke, Cormac McCarthy or Tim Gautreaux—their ability to immerse the reader in a vivid landscape so powerful you can smell it—then Wade is a new author to watch.” —Murder, Mayhem & More

  “Coleman draws from the amazingly rich historical record much in the manner of James Michener; historical fiction that captures the true spirit of actual events.” —Topanga New Times 

  “In Hollow Out the Dark, James Wade’s latest Southern-gothic feat, Wade stitches a propulsive tale with Biblical thread, fueling it with whiskey, tucking secrets beneath the floorboards, and draping the Depression-era landscape with suspense. Wade builds himself a well-deserved seat, pulling it to the literary table to sit alongside the likes of Ron Rash, Faulkner, and Cormac McCarthy.” —Robert Gwaltney, author of The Cicada Tree, and Georgia Author of the Year

  “Gunslingers and demons, shootouts and monsters, cowboys and the supernatural—Cold as Hell is an imaginative, fun, and exciting novel.” —Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Dune: House Atreides

  “James Wade got our attention with his debut, All Things Left Wild, that existed in a world between western, crime fiction, and the end of days. He proves his talent wasn’t a first-time fluke with his follow-up River, Sing Out. By setting up a simple crime fiction premise, he is able to delve deep into emotion and theme like a master bluesman with three chords.” —BookPeople

  “A fun tale.” —Tzer Island

  “Narrative prowess and atmospheric prose echo the works of Ron Rash and Cormac McCarthy, resulting in a rich, character-driven story.” —Deep South Magazine

  “A weird and wild twist on the Old West that mashes gunslingers, divine intervention, and the supernatural into one hell of a story. Highly recommended!” —Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of V-Wars and Kagen the Damned

  “This story is not just a story to be read. It is a story to be experienced…Although this is the first book by James Wade that I’ve read, he has immediately become one of my favorite and most respected authors. If you believe in the magic of the written word and what can become of it, you need to read this story. You need to read this author. You will enjoy both very much!” —The Clueless Gent

  “Cold as Hell? More like fun as hell. Take an undead outlaw hero, match him villains of the most devilish kind, and string it all together with a plot that has more twists and turns than a hangman’s noose. Westerns don’t get any weirder than this.” —Matt Forbeck, New York Times bestselling author

  “This is a compelling and affecting story, spectacularly written and richly detailed with a descriptive atmosphere and realistic characters that will not easily be forgotten. A brooding and brutal coming-of-age story as enlightening in its harshness as it is in its wonder and beauty. Five stars.” —That’s What She’s Reading

  “Impressive…Blends its two genres perfectly and offers enough worldbuilding to sustain many sequels…A gritty romp sure to please fans of Jim Butcher and Mike Carey.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

  “Clark’s voice is exactly what a listener might expect of a grizzled outlaw—a deep well of gravel and honey, as he conversationally drawls out his quest for justice.” —Library Journal (audio review)

  “Roger Clark adopts a gruff tone and gravelly timbre to project Crowley’s weariness with his purgatory-like existence…Clark proves equally adept at energizing those who cross paths with Crowley—whether living or undead.” —AudioFile

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  • Ace in the Hole

  • By Rhett C. Bruno and Jaime Castle

    Read by Roger Clark

  • Release Date: 5/06/25

  • Formats: Trade Paperback

  Bestselling authors Bruno and Castle conclude the Black Badge series with this culmination of supernatural powers and old foes in an epic finale stretching from the wild west to the nation’s capital!

  On the run and out of time …

  Everything changed back in Crescent City when Crowley made his choice to stand up to his angelic handler Shargrafein. It was either her or Rosa, and the choice was clear. Now, there’s no going back.

  Something about Rosa has everyone scrambling—a hidden power. It’s up to Crowley to bring her back to the land of the living and discover exactly what she is. Only then might they have a chance against the forces of Heaven and Hell, both of whom want her for their own devices.

  So what if that makes him a traitor to the White Throne? They kept the truth about her from him. Made him a pawn in their endless war.

  But those above and below aren’t the only ones after Crowley and Rosa. An old rival has resurfaced and he’s out for vengeance, no matter what it takes.

  If they hope to evade capture, Crowley will need to trust old friends and allies. And trust doesn’t come easy to a man shot to death by his own boss.

  • Ace in the Hole

  • By Rhett C. Bruno and Jaime Castle

    Read by Roger Clark

  • Release Date: 5/06/25

  • Formats: Trade Paperback

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  • Billy the Kid

  • By Ryan C. Coleman

    Read by Roger Clark

  • Release Date: 10/15/24

  • Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback, Signed Hardcover

  Age 14: Orphan

  Age 15: Inmate

  Age 16: Outlaw

  Age 17: Killer

  In 1870s New Mexico, the territory is at a crossroads. The indigenous population is being driven out—and driven down—by the white settlers migrating west after the Civil War. The center of power isn’t the governor but rather the Santa Fe Ring, a group of wealthy politicians, businessman, and landowners who exercise power through organized crime, theft, graft, and murder. Their main source of income is a mercantile store in Lincoln known as the House.

  After escaping jail, William Bonney—a.k.a. Billy the Kid—is a seventeen-year-old orphan who’s been on the run for the better part of two years. All he wants is to belong—to find a place he can call home and people he can call family.

  He’d have been better off alone.

  Billy falls in with a gang of ruthless rustlers and murderers who work as muscle for the House. But when Billy crosses one of the members, the gang sets out to kill him.

  Billy narrowly escapes, finding refuge under the tutelage of John Tunstall, an English immigrant new to the territory who has his sights set on opening a business in Lincoln—and he’s intent on competing directly with the House. But when Tunstall is murdered, any positive effect the mentor had on Billy is eradicated, leaving the Kid with only one thing on his mind …

  Revenge.

  From orphan to outlaw to killer, this is the untold story behind the legend of Billy the Kid.

  • Billy the Kid

  • By Ryan C. Coleman

    Read by Roger Clark

  • Release Date: 10/15/24

  • Formats: Hardcover, Trade Paperback, Signed Hardcover

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  • Hollow Out the Dark

  • By James Wade

    Read by Roger Clark

  • Release Date: 8/20/24

  • Formats: Hardcover, Trade Print ARC

  Award-winning author James Wade blends atmospheric prose with soul-stirring themes in Hollow Out the Dark, a gothic adventure set against a Depression-era landscape where a whiskey war threatens to decimate a small Texas town.

  A veteran of the Great War, Jesse Cole is grateful for the quiet life he now leads. But when his closest friend runs afoul of local criminals Frog and Squirrel Fenley, Jesse is forced to spin his moral compass and enter a violent and volatile underworld. There he encounters corrupt lawmen, hired assassins, and a dark family secret that will upend all he once knew.

  Complicating matters are Texas Ranger Amon Atkins—who arrives to investigate the Fenleys just as their empire is threatened by a deadly new competitor—and the green-eyed, raven-haired Adaline, a love Jesse thought he’d lost forever.

  With resources scarce and winter falling hard on the town, a desperate Jesse must choose between the law and the lawless and find a way to survive while still protecting the people he loves.

  A heart-pounding tale full of plot-twisting revelations, Hollow Out the Dark brings readers into a whiskey-fueled world where everyone has a secret, and love everlasting balances on the edge of a knife.

  • Hollow Out the Dark

  • By James Wade

    Read by Roger Clark

  • Release Date: 8/20/24

  • Formats: Hardcover, Trade Print ARC

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  • Vein Pursuits

  • By Rhett C. Bruno and Jaime Castle

    Read by Roger Clark

  • Release Date: 5/23/23

  • Formats: Hardcover, Large Print Hardcover, Trade Paperback

  The path to Heaven runs through miles of icy Hell …

  James Crowley has ridden the road to Crescent City before, but never with companions like these. Never with a woman whose very presence jeopardizes everything he’s fought for over the past two decades.

  The swamps are a brutal, nasty place filled with creatures most people think only exist in nightmares and fever dreams. When Crowley, along with Rosa, Bram Stoker, Harker, and Irish stumble upon such a creature, and one of their party finds themselves mortally wounded, they must find help in the most unlikely of places.

  But that wasn’t James Crowley’s mission. As a Black Badge, a Hand of God, he’s been tasked with hunting down the worst Hell has to offer, and at Shargrafein’s beckoning, he must suss out the Betrayer—a mysterious being about whom no information is given.

  What he finds is something he never could have guessed. The city is overrun with vampires, werewolves, and worse, including an old acquaintance with nothing good in mind.

  Meanwhile, Rosa has continued her pursuit to reconnect with her dead husband, Willy Massey. With the help of a Voodoo Queen, she must do the unthinkable. Only Crowley stands between her and a choice that would forever scar her soul. But will he be able to escape the clutches of Hell in order to keep her from destroying everything and everyone in her path?

  With the question of right and wrong always nagging at Crowley’s undead heart, he must decide where his loyalties lie in this pulse-pounding sequel to the hit Cold as Hell. The Witcher meets The Dresden Files in this weird Western series by the Audible number one bestselling duo behind Dead Acre.

  • Vein Pursuits

  • By Rhett C. Bruno and Jaime Castle

    Read by Roger Clark

  • Release Date: 5/23/23

  • Formats: Hardcover, Large Print Hardcover, Trade Paperback

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  • Beasts of the Earth

  • By James Wade

    Read by Roger Clark

  • Release Date: 10/11/22

  • Formats: Large Print Hardcover, Hardcover, Trade Print ARC, Signed Hardcover, Trade Paperback

  Winner of the 2023 Spur Award

  James Wade, whose first two novels were praised as “rhapsodic” and “haunting,” delivers his most powerful work to date—a chilling parable about the impossible demands of hate and love, trauma and goodness, vividly set in the landscapes of Texas and Louisiana.

  Beasts of the Earth tells the story of Harlen LeBlanc, a dependable if quiet employee of the Carter Hills High School’s grounds department whose carefully maintained routine is overthrown by an act of violence. As the town searches for answers, LeBlanc strikes out on his own to exonerate a friend while drawing the eyes of the law to himself and fending off unwelcome voices that call for a sterner form of justice.

  Twenty years earlier, young Michael Fischer dreads the return of his father from prison. He spends his days stealing from trap lines in the Louisiana bayou to feed his fanatically religious mother and his cherished younger sister, Doreen. When his father eventually returns, an evil arrives in Michael’s life that sends him running from everything he has ever known. He is rescued by a dying poet and his lover, who extract from him a promise: to be a good man, whatever that may require.

  Beasts of the Earth deftly intertwines these stories, exploring themes of time, fate, and free will, to produce a revelatory conclusion that is both beautiful and heartbreaking.

  • Beasts of the Earth

  • By James Wade

    Read by Roger Clark

  • Release Date: 10/11/22

  • Formats: Large Print Hardcover, Hardcover, Trade Print ARC, Signed Hardcover, Trade Paperback

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  • Cold as Hell

  • By Rhett C. Bruno and Jaime Castle

    Read by Roger Clark

  • Release Date: 5/24/22

  • Formats: Hardcover, Large Print Hardcover, Trade Paperback, Signed Hardcover, Trade Print ARC

  In the West, there are worse things to fear than bandits and outlaws.

  Demons. Monsters. Witches. James Crowley’s sacred duty as a Black Badge is to hunt them down and send them packing, banish them from the mortal realm for good.

  He didn’t choose this life. No. He didn’t choose life at all.

  Shot dead in a gunfight many years ago, now he’s stuck in purgatory, serving the whims of the White Throne to avoid falling to Hell. Not quite undead, though not alive either, the best he can hope for is to work off his penance and fade away.

  This time, the White Throne has sent him to investigate a strange bank robbery in Lonely Hill. An outlaw with the ability to conjure ice has frozen and shattered open the bank vault and is now on a spree, robbing the region for all it’s worth.

  In his quest to track down the ice-wielder and suss out which demon is behind granting a mortal such power, Crowley finds himself face-to-face with hellish beasts, shapeshifters, and, worse … temptation. But the truth behind the attacks is worse than he ever imagined …

  The Witcher meets The Dresden Files in this weird Western series by the Audible number one bestselling duo behind Dead Acre.

  • Cold as Hell

  • By Rhett C. Bruno and Jaime Castle

    Read by Roger Clark

  • Release Date: 5/24/22

  • Formats: Hardcover, Large Print Hardcover, Trade Paperback, Signed Hardcover, Trade Print ARC

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  • River, Sing Out

  • By James Wade

    Read by Roger Clark

  • Release Date: 6/08/21

  • Formats: Trade Paperback, Hardcover, Trade Print ARC

  Attempting to escape his abusive father and generations of cyclical poverty, young Jonah Hargrove joins the mysterious River—a teenage girl carrying thousands of dollars in stolen meth—and embarks on a southern gothic odyssey through the East Texas river bottoms.

  They are pursued by local drug kingpin John Curtis and his murderous enforcer, Dakota Cade, with whom River was romantically involved. But Cade and Curtis have their own enemies, as their relationship with the cartel controlling their meth supply begins to sour.

  Keeping tabs on everyone is the Thin Man, a silent assassin who values consequence over mercy.

  Each person is keeping secrets from the others—deadly secrets that will be exposed in savage fashion as their final paths collide and all are forced to come to terms with their choices, their circumstances, and their own definition of God.

  With a colorful cast of supporting characters and an unflinching violence juxtaposed against lyrical prose, River, Sing Out dives deep into a sinister and sanguinary world, where oppressive poverty is pitted against the need to believe in something greater than the self.

  • River, Sing Out

  • By James Wade

    Read by Roger Clark

  • Release Date: 6/08/21

  • Formats: Trade Paperback, Hardcover, Trade Print ARC

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