A summary of Angela Woodward’s new book, End of the Fire Cult, just uploaded to Ravenna’s printers today (look for a release announcement in October):
Three years ago my husband gave me two-thirds of an exceptionally beautiful and sacred mountain. I disputed whether he owned it in the first place, but I accepted through treaty his offer of the majority portion. This gift is only the first volley in the border dispute between two countries a husband and wife have each imagined for themselves. End of the Fire Cult alternates between tales of her Marmoral and his Belgrave—lands where an ancient fire ceremony has degenerated into an international film festival, where werewolves roam the hinterlands, and a woman transformed into a spider is the main attraction at a seedy brothel. When a third country threatens to invade both Marmoral and Belgrave, the couple must decide how to defend themselves. End of the Fire Cult examines culture and change, while also telling the story of the waning days of a modern marriage.