New Release Notes 06/21/22: The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings

The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings

"A hallucinatory wonder of a debut. Brimming with language and music, this phantasmagoric novel taps the deep root of multi-cultural, multi-racial life in, and beyond, New Orleans." ―Walter Mosley

Music is life. You can’t step into Book + Bottle without some tunes playing; there is never a moment in which a song isn’t tinkling about or a mini-dance party is brewing. That is why we are so terribly excited about this lyrical debut; about a New Orleans teeming with music and magic, and two mages battling for the city’s soul!

Nola is a city full of wonders. A place of sky trolleys and dead cabs, where haints dance the night away and Wise Women help keep the order. To those from Away, Nola might seem strange. To Perilous Graves, it’s simply home.

In a world of everyday miracles, Perry might not have a talent for magic, but he does know Nola’s rhythm as intimately as his own heartbeat. So when the city’s Great Magician starts appearing in odd places and essential songs are forgotten, Perry realizes trouble is afoot.

Nine songs of power have escaped from the piano that maintains the city’s beat, and without them, Nola will fail. Unwilling to watch his home be destroyed, Perry will sacrifice everything to save it. But a storm is brewing, and the Haint of All Haints is awake. Nola’s time might be coming to an end.