The Blood of Heaven (Paperback)

An exceptionally eloquent and assured debut. * The Sunday Times *
Wascom is able to create an eerie bond between America's past and its present. * FT *
Every page of Kent Wascom's debut, The Blood of Heaven, struck me with its beauty and ugliness... This is not, like most novels, a glimpse of a life. It is a life. * Esquire *
A compelling saga of violence, ambition and love... an extraordinary voice telling an extraordinary story. * BBC History *
The Blood of Heaven entertains with its energetic language and fast-paced action, and the love story between Angel and his wife is moving in its you-and-me-against-the-world naivete. Wascom's research is put to good use as the gargantuan forces of history squash Angel and his associates. * New York Times Book Review *
A bold, brilliant debut... It's the work of a young writer with tremendous ambition, a bildungsroman of religion and revolution... Wascom writes with a fire-breathing, impassioned eloquence. * The Washington Post *
Compelling. Wascom's writing rolls from the page in torrents, like the sermon of a revivalist preacher in the grip of inspiration. You can't help listening, no matter how wicked the message. * The Wall Street Journal *