Overview

Moments have passed for Reylan since he crossed the barrier between worlds to rescue his werewolf lover, Jorgas. But on their return, nothing feels right. Faithful allies have vanished, and places that once offered solace are now derelict, filled with shadows and inhabited by evil.

How can Reylan find his friends, and who can be trusted once they're found?

The world Reylan and Jorgas returned to has destroyed the one they left behind. In this new reality, someone is playing a deadly game with time, and their fates are its prize.

"Eloquent, sinister and haunting. One of the smartest, most unique, and dark queer urban fantasy reads I have read." - J. P. JACKSON, author of Summoned and Magic or Die
"Baines' brave new underworld is well devised, multi-layered, and dense with political and personal agendas-and it's frightening: so much so that I found myself looking over my shoulder more than once at night." FELICE PICANO, author of Like People in History "Baines has a gift for twisted psyches, playing the supernatural to expose the human evils at play, and a talent for turns of phrases that leave you shuddering even as you turn the page." 'NATHAN BURGOINE, author of Light "I love the world created here. It has the same feel as Laurel K. Hamilton's Anita Blake Series, with a little more grit, and of course, the added m/m element. There is plenty of paranormal elements involved, some more gruesome than others, but it is a very colorful and interesting story." JUSTJEN, The Blogger Girls "Just fantastic! I'm just amazed by the imagination the author put into this, from the culprit to the resolution I just couldn't put it down." SARINA, Love Bytes Reviews "A wickedly subversive wit." JEFFERY ROUND, author of The Dan Sharp Mysteries "I really enjoyed this book and have great admiration for Baines' literary skill. My reaction to The Orchard of Flesh is that it's something of a mashup of Clive Barker and Noel Coward." ULYSSES, Prism Book Alliance

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"Christian Baines is a writer with a bold, original vision, a vision not beholden to the limits of conventional genre tropes. This is a writer who knows his own voice, and a writer to watch." MICHAEL ROWE, author of Enter, Night

Christian Baines is an awkward nerd turned slightly less awkward author. Raised on dark humour and powered by New Zealand wine, he is the author of six novels including gay paranormal series The Arcadia Trust, Puppet Boy, Skin, and My Cat's Guide to Online Dating. Born in Australia, he now travels the world whenever possible, living and writing in Toronto, Canada between trips.