FREAKSBURG

A 'can't put it down' book.This beautiful and wildly inventive debut fantasy set in Pennsylvania’s 1970s coal country is the story of a boy named Jackie who is visited by “the gentry” – a group of extraterrestrials led by Queen Maeve, who solicits his reluctant support to tell her story of the battle of good versus evil over humankind. A kindhearted but socially maladapted boy, Jackie first encounters Queen Maeve when he’s two years old, and she visits him from time to time to make “adjustments” and to reveal to him the true nature of life and of world events. Often ostracized by friends and his family, except for his beloved Old-World Irish grandmother, Jackie ironically feels most at home with literal aliens. Queen Maeve and a “pooka” - a Bunnyman – have passed along to Jackie two coin-like medallions, which a nasty and compromised government agent, Norwood, desperately wants to obtain. But Jackie screws up the coins, resulting in what appears to be a major impediment to Queen Maeve’s grand scheme to save the world.“FREAKSBURG is a place you won’t ever want to leave. John Casey creates spectacular settings, quirky characters and a masterful story that won’t let go till long after you've finished reading. This is truly a ‘can’t put it down’ book.” - Ross Dreiblatt, author of I AM NOT BRAD PITT

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