John Twist, gunslinger, prowls a landscape that is a weird mix of Wild West and science fiction pulp tales. In the aftermath of the Venusians’ arrival on Earth in the 1950s, a "psychogeographic event" occurs, separating the old Wild West from the rest of the planet. There, Boot Hill and Tombstone are alive as they once were, without the interference of modern technology. Twist must fend off the advances of Miss Viva Venera, a Venusian necrobabe, as well as the more murderous designs of the sinister Sexton. In the meantime, the United States will need some good old Venusian know-how in order to win the Cold War. A highly sexed and violent ride, this novel blends elements of A Fistful of Dollars and The Matrix.
Richard Calder was born in 1956, in Whitechapel, London. In the mid seventies he read English Literature at the University of Sussex. After graduating he travelled extensively throughout South-East Asia and Australia and, upon returning to the UK, subsequently worked in bookselling, independent television and the American Embassy's press office. He became a full-time author in 1990 after moving from London to Nongkhai, Thailand, a border town overlooking Laos. In 1998 he moved to the Philippines, where he lived for some years in Baguio City. After returning to London, he currently resides in another 'East' -- his native East End.
His novels include the 'Dead' trilogy (Dead Girls, Dead Boys, Dead Things), Cythera, Frenzetta, The Twist, Malignos, Impakto, Lord Soho, and Babylon.
He is currently adapting his novel Dead Girls into a graphic novel, to be illustrated by Filipino artist Leonardo M Giron. The graphic novel will be serialised in the quarterly magazine Murky Depths, beginning with issue #9.
