"A Density of Souls" is Christopher Rice's atmospheric debut that captures the haunting journey from adolescence to adulthood amidst the backdrop of New Orleans. If you're intrigued by the dark side of friendship and the intensity of youthful passions turned sinister, this novel's blend of suspense and Gothic undertones will keep you engaged as the characters' secrets unravel in the most unexpected and gripping ways.

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• Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Gay Mystery (2000)

Four high-school friends--Meredith, Brandon, Greg, and Stephen--discover the fragile boundaries between friendship and betrayal as they are torn apart by passion, envy, dark secrets, and two violent deaths, as the casual cruelties of adolescence are transformed into murder. A first novel. 75,000 first printing.

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