Book Review: Shield the Joyous, by Chad Holley
A review of my friend Chad Holley's stunning debut novel, Shield the Joyous.
Aaron Mead is a writer based in the Los Angeles area. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times. He recently finished a short story, "Body in a Barrel," that features a washed-up Las Vegas mobster and a barrel sunk in the depths of Lake Mead. His manuscript, Neither Slave nor Free—a historical novel set in the first-century Roman Empire—is sitting in his desk drawer.