
Everyone at Blue Ring has a Headmaster. They sink their sinewy coils into your skull and control you, using your body for backbreaking toil and your mind to communicate with each other. When someone dies, their Headmaster transfers to someone new. But so do the dead person’s memories, and if one of those memories surfaces in the new host’s mind, their brain breaks. That’s why talking about the past is forbidden…
This is the world of THE HEADMASTERS, a chilling novel by Mark Morton which renowned sci-fi author Robert Sawyer has praised as “a brilliant science-fiction debut from one of Canada’s best-loved nonfiction writers.” The Winnipeg Free Press calls it “a worthy companion to books such as Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Taleand John Wyndham’s The Chrysalids in contemplating humanity and freedom in a Canadian context.”
Join us at Raven’s End Bookstore on Saturday, February 15, to hear Mark read from The Headmasters, then have an on-stage conversation with writer and editor Keith Cadieux. Reception and book-signing to follow.
When: Saturday, February 15 at 7:00pm
Where: Raven’s End Books: The Horror Bookshop, 1859 Portage Avenue
Cost: Free
Registration recommended, limited capacity.