The Shibboleth

by John Hornor Jacobs

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Pub Date Mar 01 2014 | Archive Date Feb 16 2014

Lerner Publishing Group | Carolrhoda Lab ®

Sci Fi & Fantasy | Teens & YA

Description

"There are certain shibboleths to our condition."

At the end of the first book of The Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy, Jack and Shreve are incarcerado―physically locked up. Shreve's back in the custody of the state of Arkansas, and Jack's somewhere in the clutches of Mr. Quincrux―both problems Shreve aims to rectify.

Cages might hold Shreve's body, but the power that's been growing since his encounter with Quincrux has reached a pinnacle. Nothing can prevent his mind from scaling the etheric heights. Freed from his body, Shreve discovers the magnitude of the evil that's stirring in the east. The wave of insomnia that's paralyzed the nation is only the beginning.

A Note From the Publisher

Book #2 in The Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy

Advance Praise

Praise for The Twelve-Fingered Boy, book one in The Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy:
“An expertly spiced stew of attitude, humor, horror, and grief—and with a movie-ready plot to boot. Sequels? Probably. Let's make that hopefully.”—starred, Booklist

“Polydactyl heroes are rare in children's literature, and so are novels like this that make the fantastical utterly believable."—The Horn Book Magazine

“John Hornor Jacobs conjures dark magic with The Twelve-Fingered Boy. A powerful new voice whispering out of the dark."—Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Rot and Ruin and Patient Zero