<p><b>A powerful and unforgettable thriller from 'one of the finest American writers' GUARDIAN</b><br> <br> Danny Boy Lorca was used to having apocalyptic visions - the beatings he'd taken in jail and the booze he drank to forget them made sure of that. But what he saw and heard that night out in the desert was more terrifying than anything even his battered spirit could have conjured. A man tortured to death. Slowly and methodically and with inhuman cruelty.<br> <br> When Danny Boy tells his tale to Sheriff Hackberry Holland, Hack knows something evil has leaked over the border into his corner of South Texas. What he doesn't realize is that this brutal slaying is just the beginning of a twisted three-way manhunt that will pit a psychotic killer seeking release for the souls of his murdered children against a religious maniac in love with death, and a Russian gangster whose name is a byword for fear...<br> <br> <b>Praise for one of the great American crime writers, James Lee Burke:<br> <br></b>'James Lee Burke is the heavyweight champ, a great American novelist whose work, taken individually or as a whole, is unsurpassed.' Michael Connelly<br> <br> 'A gorgeous prose stylist.' Stephen King<br> <br> 'Richly deserves to be described now as one of the finest crime writers America has ever produced.' <i>Daily Mail</i><br> <br> <b>Fans of Dennis Lehane, Michael Connelly and Don Winslow will love James Lee Burke:</b><br> <br> <b>Hackberry Holland Series</b><br> <br> 1. <i>Lay Down My Sword and Shield</i><br> 2. <i>Rain Gods</i><br> 3. <i>Feast Day of Fools</i><br> 4. <i>House of the Rising Sun</i><br> <br> <b>Dave Robicheaux Series</b><br> <br> 1. <i>The Neon Rain</i><br> 2. <i>Heaven's Prisoners</i><br> 3. <i>Black Cherry Blues</i><br> 4. <i>A Morning for Flamingos</i><br> 5. <i>A Stained White Radiance</i><br> 6. <i>In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead</i><br> 7. <i>Dixie City Jam</i><br> 8. <i>Burning Angel</i><br> 9. <i>Cadillac Jukebox</i><br> 10. <i>Sunset Limited</i><br> 11. <i>Purple Cane Road</i><br> 12. <i>Jolie Blon's Bounce</i><br> 13. <i>Last Car to Elysian Fields</i><br> 14. <i>Crusader's Cross</i><br> 15. <i>Pegasus Descending</i><br> 16. <i>The Tin Roof Blowdown</i><br> 17. <i>Swan Peak</i><br> 18. <i>The Glass Rainbow</i><br> 19. <i>Creole Belle</i><br> 20. <i>Light of the World</i><br> 21. <i>Robicheaux</i><br> <br> <b>Billy Bob Holland Series</b><br> <br> 1. <i>Cimarron Rose</i><br> 2. <i>Heartwood</i><br> 3. <i>Bitterroot</i><br> 4. <i>In The Moon of Red Ponies</i><br> <br> * Each James Lee Burke novel can be read as a standalone or in series order *</p>