Counting Coup (Borealis)

Counting Coup is a cancelled paperback Fantasy novel from the Borealis imprint.

Summary

From the White Wolf Publishing 1996 Autumn Catalog:

Two years of research with Indians led author Jack Dann on a scary, suspenseful adventure in twentieth-century shamanism.

In this captivating tale of two men at the end of their lives, Counting Coup reveals the spells and old powers still working in the modern world of cars and electric heat. Counting Coup combines elements of Indian magic, mean street mystery, and contemporary society in a quintessential work of American magical realism.

Praise for Counting Coup

"As a writer, Jack Dann has always been ahead of his time...he is considered to be a writer's writer." - Gardner Dozois, Modern Classics of Science Fiction

"Jack Dann has created characters that will eventually take their place with Huck and Dean Moriarity in the pantheon of American letters." - Lucius Shepard

"A hell of a read." - Harry Crews

About the Author

Jack Dann is the author of several novels, including The Man Who Melted and The Memory Cathedral. He lives in New York and Australia and is at work on a new novel, set during the American Civil War, entitled The Silent.

Background Information

While the novel was never published under White Wolf's Borealis imprint, the novel would be published by Forge Books (Imprint of Tom Doherty Associates and Tor) in 2001 (Hardcover) and 2002 (Paperback) instead.

  • Page from the White Wolf Publishing 1996 Autumn Catalog on Counting Coup.
    Page from the White Wolf Publishing 1996 Autumn Catalog on Counting Coup.
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