Author: victorlavalle

“A mesmerizing, monumental work” (New York Times bestselling author Marlon James) with over 1,400 five-star Goodreads ratings: When his wife commits violence against their newborn baby, Apollo is thrust into a chilling, fantastical world to save them both… “Full of things to terrify” (Time).

People move to New York looking for magic and nothing will convince them it isn’t there.Charles Thomas Tester hustles to put food on the table, keep the roof over his father’s head, from Harlem to Flushing Meadows to Red Hook. He knows what magic a suit can cast, the invisibility a guitar case can provide, and the curse written on his skin that attracts the eye of wealthy white folks and their … and their cops. But when he delivers an occult tome to a reclusive sorceress in the heart of Queens, Tom opens a door to a deeper realm…