The Stranger's Woes

MaxFrei'snovelshavebeenaninternationalliterarysensationsincetheirdebutin1996,andhavesweptthefantasyworldover.PresentedhereinEnglishforthefirsttime,TheStranger'sWoes,thesecondbookofTheLabyrinthsofEcho,willstrikeachordwithreadersofallstripes.Partfantasy,parthorror,partphilosophy,partcontemporarydarkcomedy,thewritingisunitedbyasharpwitandawebofcluesthatwillopenuptheimaginationofeveryreader.MaxFreiisatwenty-somethingloser--abigsleeper(duringtheday,thatis--atnighthecan'tcatchawink),ahardenedsmoker,andanuncomplicatedgluttonandloafer.Butthenhegetslucky.Hecontactsaparallelworldinhisdreams,wheremagicisadailypractice.Onceasocialoutcast,he'snowknowninhisnewworldasthe"unequalledSirMax.#8221;He'samemberoftheDepartmentofAbsoluteOrder,formedbyaspeciesofenchantedsecretagents;hisjobistosolvecasesmoreextravagantandunrealthanonecouldimagine--ajourneythatwilltakeMaxdownthewindingpathsofthisstrangeandunhingeduniverse.