Ashes of the Earth: A Mystery of Post-Apocalyptic America - Softcover

Praise for Ashes of the Earth
"With a vital cast of villains and heroes, a vividly grim setting, and inventive, hair-raising action, ingenious mystery-writer-of-conscience Pattison explores the psychological toll of mass destruction and the need to salvage ideas and values, rather than material riches, so that a just society can rise from the ashes." --Booklist (starred)
"Brilliant . . . Pattison blends the bleakness of The Road with a well-crafted whodunit plot for another winner." --Publishers Weekly (starred)
Praise for Eye of the Raven
"Evocative language, tight plotting, and memorable characters make this a standout." --Publishers Weekly
"Throughout the novel Pattison superbly builds tension and explores a period of shifting and uncertain alliances and loyalties. A thoroughly gripping read." --The Historical Novel Society (Editors' Choice)
"With a keen eye and calmly rendered detail, Pattison deftly pulls the reader into the American Colonies through the investigation of Scottish Highlander Duncan McCallum." --New Mystery Reader Magazine
"The pleasures of Eliot Pattison's books, and Eye of the Raven is another smashing example, are threefold: high adventure in perilous landscapes, a hero stubbornly seeking the truth, and the haunting mysteries of ancient cultures." --Otto Penzler, editor of The Vampire Archives
Praise for Bone Rattler
"Pattison's moving characters, intricate plot and masterful evocation of the time, including sensitive depictions of the effects of the European war on Native Americans, set this leagues beyond most historicals and augur well for future entries in this series." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Dark, complex and compelling in mystery, historical, and spiritual considerations, the reader wonders along with Duncan whether the New World will see oppression extended or explode in a new burst of freedom." --Historical Novels Review
Praise for The Inspector Shan series
"A thriller of laudable aspirations and achievements."--Chicago Tribune
"A rich and multilayered story that mirrors the complexity of the surrounding land, where few things really are as they seem." --San Francisco Chronicle
"Pattison has taken a plot of an old-fashioned thriller and turned it into a glimpse into a culture . . . Thrilling and riveting." --Denver Post
Praise for Ashes of the Earth

"With a vital cast of villains and heroes, a vividly grim setting, and inventive, hair-raising action, ingenious mystery-writer-of-conscience Pattison explores the psychological toll of mass destruction and the need to salvage ideas and values, rather than material riches, so that a just society can rise from the ashes." --Booklist (starred)

"Brilliant . . . Pattison blends the bleakness of The Road with a well-crafted whodunit plot for another winner." --Publishers Weekly (starred)

Praise for Eye of the Raven

"Evocative language, tight plotting, and memorable characters make this a standout." --Publishers Weekly

"Throughout the novel Pattison superbly builds tension and explores a period of shifting and uncertain alliances and loyalties. A thoroughly gripping read." --The Historical Novel Society (Editors' Choice)

"With a keen eye and calmly rendered detail, Pattison deftly pulls the reader into the American Colonies through the investigation of Scottish Highlander Duncan McCallum." --New Mystery Reader Magazine

"The pleasures of Eliot Pattison's books, and Eye of the Raven is another smashing example, are threefold: high adventure in perilous landscapes, a hero stubbornly seeking the truth, and the haunting mysteries of ancient cultures." --Otto Penzler, editor of The Vampire Archives

Praise for Bone Rattler

"Pattison's moving characters, intricate plot and masterful evocation of the time, including sensitive depictions of the effects of the European war on Native Americans, set this leagues beyond most historicals and augur well for future entries in this series." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Dark, complex and compelling in mystery, historical, and spiritual considerations, the reader wonders along with Duncan whether the New World will see oppression extended or explode in a new burst of freedom." --Historical Novels Review

Praise for The Inspector Shan series

"A thriller of laudable aspirations and achievements."--Chicago Tribune

"A rich and multilayered story that mirrors the complexity of the surrounding land, where few things really are as they seem." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Pattison has taken a plot of an old-fashioned thriller and turned it into a glimpse into a culture . . . Thrilling and riveting." --Denver Post

In a post-apocalyptic world, Hadrian Boone, a fallen founder of the colony of Carthage, joins forces with a police woman to investigate the camps of outcasts in the hopes of discovering who murdered the colony's leading scientist. By the Edgar Award-winning author of The Skull Mantra. Reprint.