Industry Reviews
"["Agyar], " a suave and mysterious drifter who shares an abandoned house with a compassionate African-American ghost, spends his nights seducing various inhabitants of an Ohio college town. Few can resist him, but he eventually finds himself obsessed with two women, one a beautiful young dancer, the other a harsh taskmistress of indeterminate age. One offers him salvation, the second seeks to destroy him...Packs more of an emotional wallop than any verbose gore fest served up by less imaginative talents." -"San Francisco Chronicle" "Steven Burst, in a genre that's mostly done by numbers these days, maintains a hipster charm and originality of mind." -"The Philadelphia Inquirer" "The author of the Vlad Taltos series and "The Phoenix Guard" offers a fresh perspective on a popular theme of dark fantasy in this penetrating look at an individual caught on the border between life and death." -"Library Journal" "�"Agyar�," a suave and mysterious drifter who shares an abandoned house with a compassionate African-American ghost, spends his nights seducing various inhabitants of an Ohio college town. Few can resist him, but he eventually finds himself obsessed with two women, one a beautiful young dancer, the other a harsh taskmistress of indeterminate age. One offers him salvation, the second seeks to destroy him...Packs more of an emotional wallop than any verbose gore fest served up by less imaginative talents." -"San Francisco Chronicle" "Steven Burst, in a genre that's mostly done by numbers these days, maintains a hipster charm and originality of mind." -"The Philadelphia Inquirer" "The author of the Vlad Taltos series and "The Phoenix Guard" offers a fresh perspective on a popular theme of dark fantasy in this penetrating look at an individual caught on the border between life and death." -"Library Journal" "["Agyar]," a suave and mysterious drifter who shares an abandoned house with a compassionate African-American ghost, spends his nights seducing various inhabitants of an Ohio college town. Few can resist him, but he eventually finds himself obsessed with two women, one a beautiful young dancer, the other a harsh taskmistress of indeterminate age. One offers him salvation, the second seeks to destroy him...Packs more of an emotional wallop than any verbose gore fest served up by less imaginative talents." -"San Francisco Chronicle" "Steven Burst, in a genre that's mostly done by numbers these days, maintains a hipster charm and originality of mind." -"The Philadelphia Inquirer" "The author of the Vlad Taltos series and "The Phoenix Guard" offers a fresh perspective on a popular theme of dark fantasy in this penetrating look at an individual caught on the border between life and death." -"Library Journal" "["Agyar], a suave and mysterious drifter who shares an abandoned house with a compassionate African-American ghost, spends his nights seducing various inhabitants of an Ohio college town. Few can resist him, but he eventually finds himself obsessed with two women, one a beautiful young dancer, the other a harsh taskmistress of indeterminate age. One offers him salvation, the second seeks to destroy him...Packs more of an emotional wallop than any verbose gore fest served up by less imaginative talents." -"San Francisco Chronicle "Steven Burst, in a genre that's mostly done by numbers these days, maintains a hipster charm and originality of mind." -"The Philadelphia Inquirer "The author of the Vlad Taltos series and "The Phoenix Guard offers a fresh perspective on a popular theme of dark fantasy in this penetrating look at an individual caught on the border between life and death." -"Library Journal
