Passing Through a Prairie Country (Hardcover)

Dennis E. StaplesHorror/ Indigenous/ LGBTQ+/ Dark Humor 272 pages | ISBN13: 9781640096875 Condition: NEW A darkly humorous thriller about the ghosts that haunt the temples of sin and excess we call casino, and people who get caught up in a web resting on high stakes and low oddsFleeing a recent breakup, Marion Lafournier, a mid-20s Ojibwe, seeks solace in the dim halls of the Hidden Atlantis Lake Resort & Casino, the reservation's main tourist attraction and source of revenue, where once again he finds himself at a crossroads between worlds and spirits. For decades, a dark force has terrorized the Languille Lake reservation. A figure known only in whispers as a sandman in the shadows, he lurks in the casino leeching the dreams and ambitions from its citizens. Drawn by the siren song of the slot machines, Marion soon falls afoul of the sandman barely escaping the confrontation aided by the timely intervention of two casino security guards, his cousins Alana and Cherie. Meanwhi