November 2013 Trade Releases Cargo Publishing

The Fifty Year Sword Mark Z. Danielewski

The Fifty Year Sword
Mark Z. Danielewski


From National Book Award finalist and one of the USA’s most revered cult writers, The Fifty Year Sword is an explosive and thrilling ghost story. A local seamstress named Chintana finds herself responsible for five orphans on her birthday. The children are captivated by the storyteller who arrives and tells a tale of vengeance - and produces a long black box he sets before them. As midnight approaches, the box is opened, a fateful dare is made, and the children as well as Chintana come face to face with the consequences of a malice retold...