Nog: A Christmas Muse - Softcover

McManus, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1511411805 ISBN 13: 9781511411806

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

A tale for both adult and child alike. Born between Silent Night and a prayer, in the church of St. Augustine, Nog, a melted-buttery-eyed muse, far from the beautiful goddesses of legend (more like a story told by some muse who was full of herself), finds his life turned upside down when his vessel, Danny, the man he was born to inspire, is killed. But what or who killed him? And why and how? Where man strives for his God, a muse strives for his vessel. But what happens when that muse’s vessel is gone? Most go to Rhapsody, an Eden-like sanctuary. Yet when Danny’s wife gives birth to a daughter, only days after his death, Nog feels compelled to stay in this world to try and teach the child about her daddy through her daddy’s songs. While other muses don’t understand him, and call what he’s doing unnatural, this Christmas muse forges on into an unpredictable future of mysterious signs and “oddballish” concoctions amid the unforeseen dangers this world holds for a muse on his own. Left with only a fractured guitar and a ghost’s friendship, Nog discovers not only the unexpected joys after a broken heart ... but a truer sense of what it means to inspire.

About this title

About the Author:

Roger McManus received a B.A. from Brooklyn College. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he has likewise called Vermont and Tennessee his home, and now lives in upstate New York with his wife and son. Nog is his first novel. Visit him at www.theshoulderedmuse.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1511411805
• ISBN 13: 9781511411806
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 664