Exile & Entrance: a Xiles novel - Paperback

Thomas, Patrick: - "Patrick Thomas is the author of almost 40 books including the beloved fantasy humor Murphy's Lore series, which includes Tales From Bulfinche's Pub, Fools' Day, Through The Drinking Glass, Shadow Of The Wolf, Redemption Road, Bartender Of The Gods, Nightcaps and Empty Graves - as well as the future space adventures Startenders and Constellation Prize. The Murphy's Lore After Hours spin-offs star the half pixie/ogre Terrorbelle (Fairy With A Gun, Fairy Rides The Lightning); the former demon-possessed serial killer Agent Karver of the Department of Mystic Affairs (Dead To Rites, Rites of Passage); the cursed magí Hex (By Darkness Cursed and BY Invocation Only); Vince Argus, the Soul For Hire (Greatest Hits); and Negral, a forgotten Sumerian god who works as Hell's Detective (Lore & Dysorder and Bullets & Brimstone). Co-Written with John French and Diane Raetz, his Mystic Investigators paranormal mystery series includes Bullets & Brimstone, From The Shadows and Once More Upon A Time. Assassin's Ball, his first mystery, is also co-written with John French. He also wrote the steampunk As The Gears Turn and the space epic Exile & Entrance. He co-edited New Blood and Hear Them Roar and was an editor for the magazines Fantastic Stories of the Imagination and Pirate Writings. Patrick's darkly humorous advice column Dear Cthulhu has been running since 2005 and includes the collections Have A Dark Day, Good Advice For Bad People, Cthulhu Knows Best and What Would Cthulhu Do? His short stories have been featured in over fifty anthologies and more than forty-five print magazines. A number of his books were part of the props department of the CSI television show and have been spot9ted on the program. Nightcaps was even thrown at a suspect's head. His urban fantasy Fairy With A Gun had been optioned for film and TV by Laurence Fishburne's Cinema Gypsy Productions. Top Men Productions has turned his Soul For Hire Story, Act of Contrition, into a short film. Please drop by www.patthomas.net or follow him at I_PatrickThomas at Twitter or www.facebook.com/PatrickThomasAuthor to learn more."