Through the writings of Cormac McCarthy, Don DeLillo, and Robert Stone, Sorrow's Rigging reflects on the American scene from the outbreak of the Vietnam War in 1965 to the uncertain future. In an innovative new reading, Gary Adelman presents these three authors as "Catholic cowboys", renegades, and above all furious parodists of Americana and its larger-than-life mythology, dreams, innocence, and power. Adelman explores the common inheritance of these American lapsed Catholics, born between the two World Wars, who found their voices on the eve of the Vietnam conflict. Their worlds are permeated by spirituality, rage, despair, and self-hatred. He shows how McCarthy creates macabre pageants of hope throttled, while in the Dantesque world of DeLillo's novels, psychopathic characters turn on themselves in an effort to overcome fear of the past. In Stone's work, the characters' rage is turned inward as a form of self-punishment for being a holdout against God. Sorrow's Rigging is a study of panic at the death of hope expressed in novels born of the terrors writers cannot escape, yet in the very act of writing they redeem the world through art.

Book Three in the stunning Dragon Apocalypse Saga Five hundred years ago, the famed Witchbreaker, Lord Stark Tower, launched a war against the cult of witches, nearly wiping them out. Today, only a handful of women still practice the craft in secret. A young witch named Sorrow has dedicated her life to changing this reality, vowing to wipe out the Church of the Book and launch a new golden age of witchcraft. In pursuit of her goals, she bonds her soul with Rott, the primal dragon of decay, giving her nearly limitless powers of destruction. Unfortunately, tapping this power comes at the cost of her humanity, leading her into a desperate quest to find the greatest witch of all time, Avaris, in hopes of mastering her dark magic before it destroys her. But she's not alone in hunting Avaris, as fate throws her into an uneasy partnership with a man who wants to be the new Witchbreaker. Can either of them survive their mutual quests when their journey leads them into battle with Tempest, the primal dragon of storms?

“After all, what is mythology if not a fragment of history unexplored?” Ravish, an IGS (Intelligence Groups and Services) agent, suffering from serious mental health issues which doesn’t let him concentrate on his work, is rudely jerked back into action when a mysterious caller at night gives him a sinister warning. Ravish gets his old IGS team 'The Rig' back when he learns that his mentor Sanjay has been murdered in cold blood. He realises the caller’s threats have actual deep implications and informs his team. Meanwhile, Mrityunjay, his old enemy unearths some secrets of Indian Mythology and possibly the most dangerous secret ever. He with his society 'The Ajayas' plans to commit something sinister which would have deep reaching implications within society. Then begins the thrilling tale of 'The Rig' going up against 'The Ajayas' in a bid to keep the world order balanced. Filled with mystery, thrill and adventure, the story will keep readers guessing. 'The Rig Chronicles: The Secret of the Sudarshan' is one of those novels that explores the possibilities that Indian Mythology has in store for us. What was the secret of India’s most potent ancient weapon? Why did Lord Krishna not fight the Mahabharata war? Would Ravish and ‘The Rig’ be able to prevent Mrityunjay from destroying everything? Delve into this epic tale to find out!