Evening's Empire

A mysterious contemporary fantasy set on the Oregon coast, and in a world below itDavid Herters first novel, Ceres Storm, was recently published to widespread acclaim. Now Herter moves from SF to contemporary fantasy and to a more literary mode of storytelling, in homage to Gene Wolfes Peace. Evenings Empire is set on the Oregon coast, in Evening, a small town famous for its cheeses. Russell Kent, an outsider, finds love and discovers many strange things (even beyond the cheese sculptures), including a secret underground world in a cavern beneath the town. In some ways like the Newford stories of Charles de Lint, this is an ambitious fantasy by an important new talent from the Pacific Northwest.Herter, David is the author of 'Evening's Empire', published 2002 under ISBN 9780312870348 and ISBN 0312870345.