Book Giveaway: "The Glister" by John Burnside

With the new year dropping in a couple of days, we still have time to bang out one more giveaway for 2008. So while you are taking a break from polishing up your vocals on Auld Lyne Syne, start getting those entries in for our latest contest. This time I have a galley of John Burnside's The Glister up for grabs.

Since George Lister's chemical plant closed down, Innertown has been a shadow of its former self. In the woods that once teemed with life, strange sickly plants grow. Homes that were once happy are threatened by a mysterious illness.

Here, a young boy named Leonard and his friends exist in a state of confusion and despair, as every year or so a boy from their school vanishes after venturing into the poisoned woods. Without conclusive evidence of foul play, the authorities consider the boys to be runaways.

The town policeman suspects otherwise, but paralyzed with fear, he does nothing. And so it is up to the children who remain to take action. Their plan to stop the forces of evil that are destroying their town is at the shocking and terrifying heart of The Glister.

To Enter to Win: Send an email to pstotts@bloodofthemuse.com with the subject line "GLISTER" and include your name and mailing address in the body of your email. Multiple entries will be disqualified. Winners will be selected at random. No purchase is necessary. Contest is open to all participants. Contest ends: January 25, 2009 at 11:59pm PST.

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Bloggers: if you promote this contest on your blog, I will give you an additional entry. Email me at pstotts@bloodofthemuse.com with the subject line "GLISTER", and include the address to your blog in the body of the email, or you can leave the address to your blog in the comment section of this post. I'll check it out and make sure you get another entry.

Good luck to everyone who enters!