Ley Lines

<P>Set in the waning days of the Klondike Gold Rush, <I>Ley Lines</I> begins in the mythical boom town of Sawdust City, Yukon Territory. Luckless prospector Steve Ladle has accepted an unusual job offer: accompany a local con artist to the unconquered top of a nearby mountain. What he finds there briefly upends the town’s fading fortunes, attracting a crowd of gawkers and acolytes, while inadvertently setting in motion a series of events that brings about the town’s ruin.</P><P><br></P><P>In the aftermath, a ragtag group of characters is sent reeling across the Klondike, struggling to come to grips with a world that has been suddenly and unpredictably upturned. As they attempt to carve out a place for themselves, our protagonists reckon with the various personal, historical and supernatural forces that have brought them to this moment.</P><P><br></P><P>A wildly inventive, psychedelic odyssey, <I>Ley Lines</I> flips the frontier narrative on its ear, and heralds the arrival of an exciting new voice in Canadian fiction.</P>