The Revisionaries

Written by A. R. Moxon

Narrated by P.J. Ochlan

All is not boding well for Father Julius . . .



A street preacher decked out in denim robes and running shoes, Julius is a source of inspiration for a community that knows nothing of his scandalous origins.



But when a nearby mental hospital releases its patients to run amok in his neighborhood, his trusted if bedraggled flock turns expectantly to Julius to find out what's going on. Amid the descending chaos, Julius encounters a hospital escapee who babbles prophecies of doom, and the growing palpable sense of impending danger intensifies . . . as does the feeling that everyone may be relying on a street preacher just a little too much.



Still, Julius decides he must confront the forces that threaten his congregation—including the peculiar followers of a religious cult, the mysterious men and women dressed all in red seen fleetingly amid the bedlam, and an enigmatic smoking figure who seems to know what's going to happen just before it does.



In the end, The Revisionaries is a wildly imaginative, masterfully rendered, and suspenseful tale that conjures the bold outlandishness of Thomas Pynchon, Margaret Atwood, and Alan Moore—while being unlike anything that's come before.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Highbridge Company
• Release date: Jan 21, 2020
• ISBN: 9781684578863

Reviews for The Revisionaries

[Parker Wilkinson · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Excruciatingly pointless book with five dollar words crammed into every available space. Not to mention the repetition, repetition, repetition, every few pages. The plot is hard to even call a plot. Even saying the word storyline is misleading because it is a frequently disjointed thing that jumps between times, perspectives, dreams, reality, other realities, etc. Seems like someone tried to write down a dream they had, and it didn't make sense after they woke up. If you are looking for any kind of understanding to the craziness at the end, you will not find it. Very disappointing.

[waitingtoderail · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is the type of book that probably takes multiple readings to fully understand - multiple threads at once, twisting into itself. The last 180 pages or so actually jump from one timeline to another while still blending into one another, it's a truly masterful stroke from a first-time author. There are footnotes and even on one page, a cartoon. You will be dazzled by the writing, sometimes frustrated by the leaps, but in the end you will be changed. I'd say this will make a great movie one day but I'm not even sure how it could be done, it's so wrapped in on itself. I loved it but I'm not sure I understand it. I will be thinking about it for a long time to come.