The Thicket

Introduction by David Morrell
Afterword by Joe R. Lansdale
Art by Ken Laager

Jack Parker thought he’d already seen his fair share of tragedy. His grandmother was killed in a farm accident when he was barely five years old. His parents have just succumbed to the smallpox epidemic sweeping turn-of-the-century East Texas—orphaning him and his younger sister, Lula.

Then catastrophe strikes on the way to their uncle's farm, when a traveling group of bank-robbing bandits murder Jack's grandfather and kidnap his sister. With no elders left for miles, Jack must grow up fast and enlist a band of heroes the likes of which has never been seen if his sister stands any chance at survival. But the best he can come up with is a charismatic, bounty-hunting dwarf named Shorty, a grave-digging son of an ex-slave named Eustace, and a street-smart woman-for-hire named Jimmie Sue who's come into some very intimate knowledge about the bandits (and a few members of Jack's extended family to boot).

In the throes of being civilized, East Texas is still a wild, feral place. Oil wells spurt liquid money from the ground. But as Jack’s about to find out, blood and redemption rule supreme.

Limited to 250 numbered Smyth-sewn hardcovers; multiple illustrations by Ken Laager; high quality endsheets, interior stock, leather-covered boards, silk ribbon page marker; housed in slipcase covered with high quality material; materials for book/case likely to include “saddle leather” type material or other material fitting for the tale; bonus pieces by the author and by David Morrell; signed by the author on special illustrated limitation sheet,