The Shrooms of Benares

by Robert T. Jeschonek

Overview

Benares: planet of fungi on the far frontier. Mushrooms grow taller than trees, fungal creatures roam the landscape...and a terrible new spore turns humans into the walking dead. The one man left alive, a genetically modified super space priest named Father Obregon, sets out to confront this threat and save the woman he loves. But the deadly fungal spore has other plans in store, plans that will push Father Obregon to his limits and test whether his faith can sustain him in the darkest corner of deep space among soulless aliens who have no capacity for mercy. Don't miss this exciting tale by award-winning Star Trek and Doctor Who author Robert T. Jeschonek, a master of unique and unexpected science fiction that really packs a punch.


Contents
Story plus novel preview

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013829503
Publisher:	Pie Press
Publication date:	12/10/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	398 KB

About the Author

Robert T. Jeschonek is an award-winning writer whose fiction, comics, essays, articles, and podcasts have been published around the world. DC Comics, Simon & Schuster, and DAW have published his work. Robert was nominated for the British Fantasy Award for his story, "Fear of Rain." His young adult urban fantasy novel, My Favorite Band Does Not Exist, is now available from Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and was named one of Booklist’s Top Ten First Novels for Youth. Visit him online at www.thefictioneer.com. You can also find him on Facebook and follow him as @TheFictioneer on Twitter.

Editorial Reviews

"Robert Jeschonek is a towering talent." – Mike Resnick, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author

Author - Mike Resnick

"THE SHROOMS OF BENARES is fascinating, exotic and admirably told..." – Stanley Schmidt, ANALOG

Critique - Stanley Schmidt

"Robert Jeschonek is the literary love child of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman--his fiction is cutting edge, original, and pulsing with dark and fantastical life. His stories suck me in and refuse to let me go until the last page..." – Adrian Phoenix, critically acclaimed author of The Maker's Song series and Black Dust Mambo

Author - Adrian Phoenix

"Jeschonek´s stories are delightfully insane, a pleasure to read..."

Fantasy Book Critic - Fabio Fernandes