Stealing Ganymede
A roman noir in the hard boiled tradition of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler with a 21st century twist…
Zeus is the lowest of the low: a hitman, and muscle for a monster who sells children into sexual slavery. It was only because he learned from the guy who used to do the same job, though, that he made it off the streets. It isn’t until he is sent to transport yet another boy that he discovers something that cannot be true, and yet somehow, is: this boy is Zeus’ child-self, the part he had to let die to stay alive through the horror, somehow made physically real. The discovery leaves him with a monumental choice to make: Does he leave things as they have always been and deliver the boy, letting that part of him die once and for all, or, in order to save himself, does he destroy the men he works for in order to let the boy go free?
Five Stars
In the tradition of hard-hitting books such as those by Chuck Palahniuk, Stealing Ganymede delivers an honest and thought provoking portrayal of a damaged man and the choices he makes. With vivid imagery and gritty prose, the author has created a stunning story. While occasionally delving too deeply in the history of literature and writing style, this book left me thinking and will continue to muse on for a long time to come. —Rainbow ReviewsI have never read anything like Stealing Ganymede before and I was quite apprehensive about opening the covers but I was pleasantly surprised—so much so that I did not stop reading until I finished the book. I just don’t really like crime novels but J. Warren’s prose is so beautiful and literate that I found myself riveted to the book. —Amos Lassen
The compact novel’s chronology flits across time, so the intricate story is hard at first to follow, but Warren soon enough knits past and present together to dazzling effect. Unsettling, yes, but this intelligent depiction of aberrant carnal lust and chilling sexual abuse is haunting, ultimately more humane than profane. —Book Marks
Book two: Silencing Orpheus Book three: Drowning Narcissus.
