God is a Bullet

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God is a Bullet is the cult classic back in print and soon to be a major motion picture starring Jamie Foxx, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and January Jones. During Christmas week in 1995, a fourteen-year-old girl is kidnapped by a bloodthirsty satanic cult. Bob Hightower, the girl's father and a small-town cop, embarks on a desperate mission to find her, but his only hope lies with Case Hardin, an ex-cult member and ex-junkie living in a half-way house in Hollywood. Their quest - his to find his child, hers to exorcise her demons - becomes a primal hunt-and-chase through a savage subculture of drugs and ritualistic violence . . . 'Not for those of a nervous disposition' - Daily Telegraph 'A rollercoaster of an experience' - Guardian 'The new voice of pulp fiction' - Dennis Lehane 'A kick-ass, in-your-face tour de force' - Harlan Coben 'An absolutely stupendous debut novel' - Mark Timlin, Independent

Boston Teran is a pseudonym for the internationally acclaimed author of thirteen novels, many of them translated into foreign languages. Teran's vision and artistry have been compared to great American writers like Hemingway and Larry McMurtry, as well as filmmakers John Ford and Sam Peckinpah. His debut novel, God is a Bullet, is considered a cult classic. The author has won countless awards, including the American Fiction Award for Adventure: Historical, the Grand Prix Calibre 38, the Stephen Crane Literary Award for First Fiction, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel and the John Creasey Award for Best Novel by the British Crime Writers Association. Nominations include The Edgar Award for Best First Novel, the Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Award, and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for Best Novel.

Frightening, ferocious first novel about satanic cults fuelled by drugs and armed to the teeth in the awesome deserts of the American Southwest . . . Not for those of a nervous disposition * Daily Telegraph * God is a Bullet is a shotgun blast to the gut--a kick-ass, in-your-face tour de force from start to finish. Every page carries a fresh wallop and a nightmarish jolt. Boston Teran's haunting words stay with you long after you turn the final page. I'm still stunned. -- Harlan Coben A shotgun thriller with the cocksure timing of a professional hit * New York Times Book Review * It's a rollercoaster of an experience, noir as a purging metaphysical experience that will take your breath away * Guardian * God is a Bullet is an intense, emotional reading experience, an unrelenting thriller populated with full-bodied, deeply drawn characters. Boston Teran locates the heart beneath the darkness and delivers something human and true. -- George P. Pelecanos A grim glorious Gothic that culminates in an action finish Bruce Willis would kill for -- Val McDermid on Never Count Out the Dead A brilliantly paced, suspense-packed . . . richly imagined thriller . . . It's hard not to admire God Is a Bullet . . . It's even harder to put the book down * Washington Post Book World *