Evening's Empire Author:David Herter 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 Evenin... more »g, 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.« less
I really enjoyed this one. It has the feel of a Charles DeLint writing about what's hidden just around the corner. leaves you wanting to know what happened to the characters, both main and well drawn minor, after the last page.