The Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy: The Conformity
Binding: Hardcover
Age 14+
Fantasy & Magical Realism
Mr. Quincrux is dead. Armistead Lucius Priest, founder of the Society of Extranaturals, is now seated uneasily in his protégés flesh, and though Priest's powers are not inconsiderable, the Conformity will not settle for the second-brightest flame in the etheric heights. It will confront Shreve. But it will have to find him first. Under the protection of Mr. Negata, Jack, and the rest of the Irregulars, Shreve retreats to the wild to face his demons and prepare his mind for one more battle. The Conformity is the breathtaking conclusion to the acclaimed Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy.
In the final book of The Twelve-Fingered Boy Trilogy, Shreve finally confronts the entity in Maryland in a winner take all battle for the soul of humanity. The entity--the Conformity, as it comes to be known--is on a course to assimilate all of humanity into its writhing amalgamation of flesh. Shreve and handful of surviving extranaturals are the only hope to stop it.
Creators
John Hornor Jacobs has worked in advertising for the last fifteen years, played in bands, and pursued art in various forms. He is also, in his copious spare time, a novelist. His first novel, Southern Gods, was nominated for an Edgar. The Twelve-Fingered Boy (Carolrhoda Lab, 2013), first a the trilogy of the same name, was praised by Book/isl in a starred review as "an expertly spiced stew of attitude, humor, horror, and grief." It was his first work for young adults and won the Moonbeam Children's Book Gold Medal Award. The Shibboleth, the second book in trilogy, was published in spring of 2014. You can visit John at http://www.johnhornorjacobs.com
