A wondrous and redemptive debut novel set in a stark world where evil and magic coincide The Enchanted combines the empathy and lyricism of Alice Sebold with the dark imaginative power of Stephen KingThis is an enchanted place Others dont see it but I do The enchanted place is an ancient stone prison viewed through the eyes of a death row inmate who finds escape in his books and in re-imagining life around him weaving a fantastical story of the people he observes and the world he inhabits Fearful and reclusive he senses what others cannot Though bars confine him every minute of every day he marries visions of golden horses running beneath the prison heat flowing like molten metal from their backs with the devastating violence of prison lifeTwo outsiders venture here a fallen priest and the Lady an investigator who searches for buried information from prisoners pasts that can save those soon-to-be-executed Digging into the background of a killer named York she uncovers wrenching truths that challenge familiar notions of victim and criminal innocence and guilt honesty and corruptionultimately revealing shocking secrets of her ownBeautiful and transcendent The Enchanted reminds us of how our humanity connects us all and how beauty and love exist even amidst the most nightmarish reality.
