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The first book in The Cal Wild Chronicles by Gene O’Neill, THE CONFESSIONS OF ST. ZACH, is now available in trade paperback and eBook. This is the first book released by Written Backwards as an imprint of Dark Regions Press. Click the cover below to take you to the DRP ordering page. You can also order a copy on Amazon.com.

The book is illustrated throughout by Orion Zangara, and contains an introduction by John R. Little. All four books will act as puzzle pieces to Gene O’Neill’s magnum opus, with the front covers, back covers, as well as the spines, completing larger images when placed together. Here’s a synopsis of book #1:

A post-apocalyptic vision of California comes to life in the first book of The Cal Wild Chronicles, a series of novels by Gene O’Neill that span horror, science fiction, and fantasy. Over the last 30 years, Gene has explored this colorful world called Cal Wild through award-winning short fiction, long fiction, and novels, and now his magnum opus is collected within four volumes, and illustrated throughout by Orion Zangara. It all starts with this recently expanded version of the Bram Stoker Award nominated novella, THE CONFESSIONS OF ST. ZACH, where the accused are judged and permanently dyed for their crimes. DP’s, or Dyed People, roam Cal Wild, and every day they are faced with prejudice and brutality while they try to survive a new non-colored world. A crimson man, a lime green woman, the rightfully and wrongfully accused, some dyed amber, some dyed indigo… ST. ZACH will take you from the beginning of the end, and lead you to THE BURDEN OF INDIGO, the story that started it all.

Check out some of the amazing illustrations by Orion Zangara below, and make sure to start your collection by purchasing the first book in this amazing series by clicking on the cover above.