Southern Gods

by John Hornor Jacobs

Overview

Recent World War II veteran Bull Ingram is working as muscle when a Memphis DJ hires him to find Ramblin' John Hastur. The mysterious blues man's dark, driving music—broadcast at ever-shifting frequencies by a phantom radio station—is said to make living men insane and dead men rise. Disturbed and enraged by the bootleg recording the DJ plays for him, Ingram follows Hastur's trail into the strange, uncivilized backwoods of Arkansas, where he hears rumors the musician has sold his soul to the Devil. But as Ingram closes in on Hastur and those who have crossed his path, he'll learn there are forces much more malevolent than the Devil and reckonings more painful than Hell…

In a masterful debut of Lovecraftian horror and Southern gothic menace, John Hornor Jacobs reveals the fragility of free will, the dangerous power of sacrifice, and the insidious strength of blood.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781597803533
Publisher:	Night Shade Books
Publication date:	08/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	300
File size:	543 KB

About the Author

John Hornor Jacobs has worked in advertising for the last fifteen years, played in bands, and pursued art in various forms. He is the cofounder of Needle: A Magazine of Noir. He is also, in his copious spare time, a novelist.

Editorial Reviews

Apparently rock and roll really IS the devil's music. At least, that's what John Hornor Jacobs says in SOUTHERN GODS, an audiobook so good it's practically sinful. Burly Bull Ingram is roaming around backwoods Arkansas in 1951 in search of a missing record company representative when he finds someone who’s more devil than man. Ramblin’ John Hastur's music rouses something primal, something evil, in those who hear it on a pirate radio station. Jacobs's writing and Eric Dove's performance of this book are so sublime that you can almost hear the demon music. Dove slips into ethnic speech rhythms and poor black dialects so completely that the listener is transported to another time and place. This is the whole package: good writing, good plot, and flawless delivery. M.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

JANUARY 2012 - AudioFile