The Narrows
From award-winning author Alexander C. Irvine comes a compelling,
fantastical riff on history and World War II. The Narrows takes place
in Detroit, where Henry Ford's factories have been retooled for
America's grand war effort. But there are also more clandestine
operations under way – including a top-secret effort to produce
golems – powerful beings fashioned from the earth – to destroy Nazis. Here
lurk strange spies in unlikely places - and a not-so-extraordinary man
who is inadvertently poised at the bizarre, urgent center of it all...
Spared
fighting in Europe because of a bum hand, Jared wishes he could join
the cause, instead of mindlessly sifting clay to be made into golems.
But there is something that preys on his dreams: the devilish dwarf
known as the Nain Rouge. In his youth, Jared once actually saw the
Dwarf – a chilling creature that shows itself to individuals just before
their demise. Now the Nain Rouge appears to be coming back for Jared
himself.
Many have a profound interest in Jared's childhood
run-in with the Dwarf – including a German spy, Jared's hateful foreman
at the golem factory, and a shape-shifting Indian shaman. But what
could a simple man who earns a meager living possibly have to do with
espionage and dark deeds? While Jared toils invisibly in the bowels of
Ford's plant, the answer is about to reveal itself in a cataclysm of
mythic and sinister proportions.
Alexander C. Irvine
Alexander C. Irvine is an American fantasy and science fiction author. He also writes under the pseudonym of Alex Irvine.