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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Meerkat Press
ISBN-10
0996626247
ISBN-13
9780996626248
eBay Product ID (ePID)
227551981
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mercy of the Tide
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Thrillers / Suspense, Alternative History
Publication Year
2017
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
13 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2016-955723
Reviews
Keith Rosson's fearless and genre-bending debut novel, The Mercy of the Tide, is harrowing, haunting, and hypnotic. This is nightmare material of the first order, at once exhilarating and profoundly disturbing. It'll leave you breathless. Riptide, Oregon, is a forbidding landscape of shattered lives and broken dreams, and it's a scarier place than the world you're living in. Pour yourself a bracing drink, settle into your comfy chair. Once you begin this book, you won't be going anywhere. What talent, what nerve, what an astonishing first novel., . . . [N]othing is what it seems in Riptide, both due to the sources of violence and to the magical realism that Rosson uses with a magically deft touch., . . . Rosson's voice is sure; his characters are vividly, heartbreakingly human in their flaws and foibles and relationships; and his plot rolls relentlessly along, growing ever more nerve-wracking until the final, completely unsettling chapter. , . . . Rosson's voice is sure; his characters are vividly, heartbreakingly human in their flaws and foibles and relationships; and his plot rolls relentlessly along, growing ever more nerve-wracking until the final, completely unsettling chapter. , . . . Highly recommended. Feels like: Dead Zone meets Cycle of the Werewolf - Smells like: Portlandia meets Stranger Things, . . . Highly recommended. Feels like: Dead Zone meets Cycle of the Werewolf - Smells like: Portlandia meets Stranger Things, (Starred Review) "Blending horror and alternate history, this striking first novel takes its time familiarizing readers with the small seacoast town of Riptide, Ore. It's late 1983, and the U.S. and Russia seem to be sliding toward nuclear Armageddon. At least that's what nine-year-old Trina Finster believes, focusing on politics partly to distract herself from sorrow over her mother's death. Her brother, Sam, and her father are also struggling with personal grief, as are town sheriff Dave Dobbs and excruciatingly haunted deputy Nick Hayslip. When they start finding the mutilated corpses of animals, they fear that a vicious shape-shifting monster out of local Native American legend, the tah-kee-na-the, has reappeared to feed on sorrow and serve as a harbinger of more awful events to come. Considering the international situation described in the novel, readers are left uncertain whether any of the characters will survive in the long run. What is clear, though, is that Rosson has a real gift for vivid description and for creating anguished characters who deserve a faint glimmer of hope.", "Blending fantasy, horror, and alt-history, this slow-burning debut is grounded by characters whose personal tragedies anchor the supernatural elements." -- Barnes & Noble Blog, The novel that unfolds somewhat defies genres. The mysterious menace lends a bit of a horror feel to the book. The small town cops forever driving in the rain gives it an air of noir. But Rosson's willingness to show the consequences of the tropes of horror and crime novels takes this out of genre fiction. When characters get killed, their death isn't just a plot point. We care about the deaths. We mourn them, along with the characters in the book. When there's a fight, the characters get hurt. They carry their wounds into subsequent chapters. The reader is never let off the hook. At other times, The Mercy of the Tide feels like literary fiction. There are rich descriptions of coastal Oregon in a time that's passed, and the depth of Rosson's investigations into class, gender, disability and anger go far beyond anything you'll find in most mass-market paperbacks., The world of publishing is strange. It's kind of like music in the sense of I don't know why some albums get popular acclaim and others fall through the cracks. I've read books that are 'successful' and they're lost on me. Meanwhile, people like Rosson are putting out gripping, illustrative books like The Mercy of the Tide. God damn, if this isn't made into a movie it's a crying shame., Blending fantasy, horror, and alt-history, this slow-burning debut is grounded by characters whose personal tragedies anchor the supernatural elements. , ". . . [N]othing is what it seems in Riptide, both due to the sources of violence and to the magical realism that Rosson uses with a magically deft touch." -- Bethanne Patrick , Literary Hub, The Mercy of the Tide is intense and beautiful, epically sad yet restorative like all great novels are. Affirmation in every sense of the term. Highly Recommended., (Starred Review) "Blending horror and alternate history, this striking first novel takes its time familiarizing readers with the small seacoast town of Riptide, Ore. It's late 1983, and the U.S. and Russia seem to be sliding toward nuclear Armageddon. At least that's what nine-year-old Trina Finster believes, focusing on politics partly to distract herself from sorrow over her mother's death. Her brother, Sam, and her father are also struggling with personal grief, as are town sheriff Dave Dobbs and excruciatingly haunted deputy Nick Hayslip. When they start finding the mutilated corpses of animals, they fear that a vicious shape-shifting monster out of local Native American legend, the tah-kee-na-the, has reappeared to feed on sorrow and serve as a harbinger of more awful events to come. Considering the international situation described in the novel, readers are left uncertain whether any of the characters will survive in the long run. What is clear, though, is that Rosson has a real gift for vivid description and for creating anguished characters who deserve a faint glimmer of hope.", "Keith Rosson's fearless and genre-bending debut novel, The Mercy of the Tide, is harrowing, haunting, and hypnotic. This is nightmare material of the first order, at once exhilarating and profoundly disturbing. It'll leave you breathless. Riptide, Oregon, is a forbidding landscape of shattered lives and broken dreams, and it's a scarier place than the world you're living in. Pour yourself a bracing drink, settle into your comfy chair. Once you begin this book, you won't be going anywhere. What talent, what nerve, what an astonishing first novel." -- John Dufresne , author of I DON'T LIKE WHERE THIS IS GOING, An astonishing debut soaked with suspense. Rosson brings his characters to life with surefooted precision. The town of Riptide, Oregon, may be cursed with rain, but it will be scorched into your memory. Outlandishly excellent., This story of a community of wounded souls takes some gutsy turns off the main roads to stake its own unforgettable territory. With grit and empathy, Rosson tells a story of heartache and grief unlike any I've ever read., "The Mercy of the Tide is intense and beautiful, epically sad yet restorative like all great novels are. Affirmation in every sense of the term. Highly Recommended." -- Matthew Hart , Razorcake Magazine, "An astonishing debut soaked with suspense. Rosson brings his characters to life with surefooted precision. The town of Riptide, Oregon, may be cursed with rain, but it will be scorched into your memory. Outlandishly excellent." -- Jim Ruland , author of FOREST OF FORTUNE, "This story of a community of wounded souls takes some gutsy turns off the main roads to stake its own unforgettable territory. With grit and empathy, Rosson tells a story of heartache and grief unlike any I've ever read." -- James Boice , author of THE SHOOTING and MVP, The world of publishing is strange. It's kind of like music in the sense of I don't know why some albums get popular acclaim and others fall through the cracks. I've read books that are 'successful' and they're lost on me. Meanwhile, people like Rosson are putting out gripping, illustrative books like The Mercy of the Tide. God damn, if this isn't made into a movie it's a crying shame., Rosson is a talent to be watched, and Riptide is one of the most immersive fictional settings in recent memory., ". . . Highly recommended. Feels like: Dead Zone meets Cycle of the Werewolf - Smells like: Portlandia meets Stranger Things" -- Shahab Zargari , The Verbicide Magazine, The Mercy of the Tide is intense and beautiful, epically sad yet restorative like all great novels are. Affirmation in every sense of the term. Highly Recommended., The novel that unfolds somewhat defies genres. The mysterious menace lends a bit of a horror feel to the book. The small town cops forever driving in the rain gives it an air of noir. But Rosson's willingness to show the consequences of the tropes of horror and crime novels takes this out of genre fiction. When characters get killed, their death isn't just a plot point. We care about the deaths. We mourn them, along with the characters in the book. When there's a fight, the characters get hurt. They carry their wounds into subsequent chapters. The reader is never let off the hook. At other times, The Mercy of the Tide feels like literary fiction. There are rich descriptions of coastal Oregon in a time that's passed, and the depth of Rosson's investigations into class, gender, disability and anger go far beyond anything you'll find in most mass-market paperbacks., Blending fantasy, horror, and alt-history, this slow-burning debut is grounded by characters whose personal tragedies anchor the supernatural elements. , "Blending horror and alternate history, this striking first novel takes its time familiarizing readers with the small seacoast town of Riptide, Ore. It's late 1983, and the U.S. and Russia seem to be sliding toward nuclear Armageddon. At least that's what nine-year-old Trina Finster believes, focusing on politics partly to distract herself from sorrow over her mother's death. Her brother, Sam, and her father are also struggling with personal grief, as are town sheriff Dave Dobbs and excruciatingly haunted deputy Nick Hayslip. When they start finding the mutilated corpses of animals, they fear that a vicious shape-shifting monster out of local Native American legend, the tah-kee-na-the , has reappeared to feed on sorrow and serve as a harbinger of more awful events to come. Considering the international situation described in the novel, readers are left uncertain whether any of the characters will survive in the long run. What is clear, though, is that Rosson has a real gift for vivid description and for creating anguished characters who deserve a faint glimmer of hope." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY , STARRED REVIEW, "I recommend this novel to anyone who is looking for a unique mystery." -- Jessica Duffield , Paperback Paris
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Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Synopsis
Riptide, Oregon, 1983. A sleepy coastal town, where crime usually consists of underage drinking down at a Wolf Point bonfire. But then strange things start happening--a human skeleton is unearthed in a local park and mutilated animals begin appearing, seemingly sacrificed, on the town's beaches. The Mercy of the Tide follows four people drawn irrevocably together by a recent tragedy as they do their best to reclaim their lives--leading them all to a discovery that will change them and their town forever. At the heart of the story are Sam Finster, a senior in high school mourning the death of his mother, and his sister Trina, a nine-year-old deaf girl who denies her grief by dreaming of a nuclear apocalypse as Cold War tensions rise. Meanwhile, Sheriff Dave Dobbs and Deputy Nick Hayslip must try to put their own sorrows aside to figure out who, or what, is wreaking havoc on their once-idyllic town. Keith Rosson paints outside the typical genre lines with his brilliant debut novel. It is a gorgeously written book that merges the sly wonder of magical realism and alternate history with the depth and characterization of literary fiction. This book will appeal to fans of genre-bending authors such as Dean Koontz, Karen Russell, Kelly Link, and Kevin Barry., Riptide, Oregon, 1983. A sleepy coastal town, where crime usually consists of underage drinking down at a Wolf Point bonfire. But then strange things start happening: a human skeleton is unearthed in a local park and mutilated animals begin appearing, seemingly sacrificed, on the town's beaches. The Mercy of the Tide follows four people drawn irrevocably together by a recent tragedy as they do their best to reclaim their lives - leading them all to a discovery that will change them and their town forever. At the heart of the story are Sam Finster, a senior in high school mourning the death of his mother, and his sister Trina, a nine-year-old deaf girl who denies her grief by dreaming of a nuclear apocalypse as Cold War tensions rise. Meanwhile, Sheriff Dave Dobbs and Deputy Nick Hayslip must try to put their own sorrows aside to figure out who, or what, is wreaking havoc on their once-idyllic town. Keith Rosson paints outside the typical genre lines with his brilliant debut novel. It is a gorgeously written book that merges the sly wonder of magical realism and alternate history with the depth and characterization of literary fiction. - NPR Books Jason Heller - "Rosson is a talent to be watched, and Riptide is one of the most immersive fictional settings in recent memory." - Publisher's Weekly (starred review) - "A striking novel" - Foreword Reviews (4/4 hearts) - "An exquisitely honed, beautifully written novel.", Riptide, Oregon, 1983. A sleepy coastal town, where crime usually consists of underage drinking down at a Wolf Point bonfire. But then strange things start happening: a human skeleton is unearthed in a local park and mutilated animals begin appearing, seemingly sacrificed, on the town's beaches. The Mercy of the Tide follows four people drawn irrevocably together by a recent tragedy as they do their best to reclaim their lives - leading them all to a discovery that will change them and their town forever. At the heart of the story are Sam Finster, a senior in high school mourning the death of his mother, and his sister Trina, a nine-year-old deaf girl who denies her grief by dreaming of a nuclear apocalypse as Cold War tensions rise. Meanwhile, Sheriff Dave Dobbs and Deputy Nick Hayslip must try to put their own sorrows aside to figure out who, or what, is wreaking havoc on their once-idyllic town. Keith Rosson paints outside the typical genre lines with his brilliant debut novel. It is a gorgeously written book that merges the sly wonder of magical realism and alternate history with the depth and characterization of literary fiction. - NPR Books - Jason Heller - "Rosson is a talent to be watched, and Riptide is one of the most immersive fictional settings in recent memory." - Publisher's Weekly (starred review) - "A striking novel" - Foreword Reviews (4/4 hearts) - "An exquisitely honed, beautifully written novel."
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