Mason's Jar

John Jantunen

Mason's Jar
Format
Paperback
Publisher
ECW Press,Canada
Country
CA
Published
13 June 2023
Pages
270
ISBN
9781770417014

Mason’s Jar

John Jantunen

Set against a backdrop of the housing, mental health, opioid, and climate crises increasingly affecting so many communities, Mason's Jar upends the classic western revenge tale to create a relentlessly entertaining vision of a man, and a world, teetering on the brink only to find hope in the unlikeliest of places.

An electrifying mash-up of the western, sci-fi, and horror genres set against a backdrop of the housing, mental health, opioid, and climate crises

Ex-police chief Mason Lowry is hell-bent on retribution. Ten years ago he arrested outlaw biker Clarence Boothe for selling a bad batch of illicit narcotics that killed 37 people. Boothe's gang retaliated by killing Lowry's teenage granddaughter, and ever since Mason has been biding his time, waiting for the moment when he can exact his revenge. But unbeknownst to him, Clarence has been laying plans of his own.

In this-all-too-near future, addiction to the drug Euphoral has become epidemic. Withdrawal causes a violent psychosis, and on the night of their leader's release, Clarence's gang unleashes a waking nightmare by withholding its supply. Seeing the city he once swore to serve and protect descending into madness fuels Mason's fury and he launches a one-man assault on Clarence's compound. During the midnight raid, he's saved from certain death by Meghan, a teenage captive with a violent past of her own who may just hold the key to something Mason had thought he'd lost forever: a chance at redemption.

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