The Fissure King by Rachel Pollack

The Fissure King by Rachel Pollack

In the classic noir tradition of Have Gun, Will Travel, Rachel Pollack--one of the world's foremost authorities on the Tarot--gives us the tale of Jack Shade, an occult shaman for hire. Jack Shade has a secret, and this hidden part of his past sends him on a journey through time and space and a great number of metaphysical doorways. From the cosy poker table in the eleventh floor apartment of the Hotel de Reve Noire to the ethereal Forest of Souls to the faded houses along the Gold River, Jack flows in and out of this world. Even when his own duplicate hires him to kill himself, Jack is mercury in motion. Jack the Nimble. Jack the Quick.

The Fissure King: A Novel in Fire Stories collects the four existing Jack Shades novellas and shows us Jack's final trick--one last story that finally reveals Jack's true nature.

Only Rachel Pollack, one of the world's greatest authorities of tarot and an award-winning novelist and comic book writer, could dream of someone as mischievous and mythopoeic as Jack Shade. The King is dead. Long live the King.

Rachel Pollack is the author of thirty-two books of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, published in fifteen languages. She is a poet, an award-winning novelist, an authority on the modern interpretation of Tarot cards, and a Tarot card artist. She has published fifteen books on Tarot and divination, including 78 DEGREES OF WISDOM, often called the Bible of Tarot reading, read by hundreds of thousands of people all over the world. SEEKER won the COVR Award at the 2006 New Age Trade Show. Her SHINING TRIBE TAROT, designed and drawn by Rachel herself, draws on tribal and prehistoric images from six continents and 50,000 years. She has had several shows of her artwork, both Tarot and other images. She has taught classes and workshops in Europe, North America, and Australia. Her novel GODMOTHER NIGHT won the World Fantasy Award. Her earlier novel, UNQUENCHABLE FIRE, won Britain's famed Arthur C. Clarke Award. Rachel grew up in Poughkeepsie, the setting for UNQUENCHABLE FIRE. After nineteen years living in Europe, she returned, in 1990, to live in the Hudson Valley. With Mary K. Greer, Rachel has taught at the famed Omega Institute for 23 years. She also is a senior faculty member for the Master of Fine Arts degree from Goddard College.

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ISBN 13	9781630230982
ISBN 10	1630230987
Title	The Fissure King
Author	Rachel Pollack
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Ressurection House
Year published	2019-05-07
Number of pages	352
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