THE PALE BLUE EYE: Louis Bayard MidWorld Press Signed & Numbered Edition

THE PALE BLUE EYE
 
Louis Bayard 
 
MidWorld Press 
 
Signed & Numbered Edition
 
Limited To 400 Copies
 
At West Point Academy in 1830, the calm of an October evening is shattered by the discovery of a young cadet's body swinging from a rope just off the parade grounds. An apparent suicide is not unheard of in a harsh regimen like West Point's, but the next morning, an even greater horror comes to light. Someone has stolen into the room where the body lay and removed the heart.
 
At a loss for answers and desperate to avoid any negative publicity, the Academy calls on the services of a local civilian, Augustus Landor, a former police detective who acquired some renown during his years in New York City before retiring to the Hudson Highlands for his health. Now a widower, and restless in his seclusion, Landor agrees to take on the case. As he questions the dead man's acquaintances, he finds an eager assistant in a moody, intriguing young cadet with a penchant for drink, two volumes of poetry to his name, and a murky past that changes from telling to telling. The cadet's name? Edgar Allan Poe.
 
Impressed with Poe's astute powers of observation, Landor is convinced that the poet may prove useful—if he can stay sober long enough to put his keen reasoning skills to the task. Working in close contact, the two men—separated by years but alike in intelligence—develop a surprisingly deep rapport as their investigation takes them into a hidden world of secret societies, ritual sacrifices, and more bodies. Soon, however, the macabre murders and Landor's own buried secrets threaten to tear the two men and their newly formed friendship apart.
 
A rich tapestry of fine prose and intricately detailed characters, The Pale Blue Eye transports readers into a labyrinth of the unknown that will leave them guessing until the very end.
 
The story was also recently made into a Netflix movie starring Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Gillian Anderson, Toby Jones, Lucy Boynton, and Robert Duvall.
 
 
Author: Louis Bayard
Includes a Foreword written for this edition by Owen King (We’re All In This Together, Double Feature, Sleeping Beauties [with Stephen King], The Curator)
Artist(s): Patrick Arrasmith has created a gorgeous illustration for the dust-jacket and Kent Barton made four stunning authentic woodcut interior illustrations.
Trim size: 6 x 9 inches
Binding: Hardcover, Smyth Sewn with head and foot bands
Printed on 60# Offset acid-free paper
467 pages
Edition: Signed by the author, limited to 400 hand-numbered copies