Lord of Order: A Novel

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The Purge is here. New Orleans must die.

Six conflicted conspirators gird for battle, fully aware that the looming apocalypse will demand horrific choices, test their faith, and require them to join forces with their sworn enemies. This is the first of the Lord of Order The author's debut novel was Comanche: A Novel. The third series by this author will publish in Spring, 2022 Freaks, a a superhero thriller featuring dangerous aliens and badass high school kids. Four titles are planned in this new series. Lord of Order Advance praise: The book has been well received.

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"With the one-two punch of Comanche and Lord of Order, Riley has established himself as an ambitious and versatile writer, and SF fans, especially those with a dystopian bent, will certainly love this one."David Pitt, Booklist Magazine
The character development is expertly handled and believable. Troy and his deputies are deeply fleshed out and palpably conflicted, and the thematic dive into faith and the corruption of trusted institutions is pretty powerful stuff.Kyle Holl, HorrorBuzz.com
"Mr. Riley, an experienced screenwriter, knows how to keep the action rolling."Tom Shippey, The Wall Street Journal
Riley presents a convincingly bleak vision of the future in his latest. Riley has a facility for fast-paced action that keeps the pages turning. Theres plenty to keep readers attention and enough questions are left open to make a sequel welcome. Those who like their dystopias especially gritty will want to take a look.Publishers Weekly
A deftly crafted and inherently compelling page-turner of a read, Lord of Order is a simply riveting."Midwest Book Review
The past is future in this sweaty, swampy, gun-slinging first cousin to dystopian classics like The Handmaids Tale and Fahrenheit 451."Stephen Scott Whitaker, co-editor of The Broadkill Review, and member of the National Book Critics Circle
The resonance engendered by Atwood, Pullman, and now, conspicuously, Brett Riley. They are prophets of the terrible could-be. I was blown away by this book, and I want you to read it.Paul Eberly, PaulEberly.com,
Lord of Order is a thrillingly violent, dark and brutal story of conspiracy and rebellion. Set in a post-apocalyptic dystopian North America of the future, it is part spaghetti western and part thriller, mixed and painted onto a religiously-themed canvas and influenced by current events."Lee Doughty, Grimdark Magazine
Brett Riley writes hard core action that should keep readers turning his pages, his literary point the hypocrisy and perfidy of extremist fundamentalisms that trample all freedom and humanity."Douglas Unger, author of Leaving the Land, and Voices from Silence
Through vivid scenes of battle and quiet moments of reflection, this engrossing novel brings us to the heart of these internal and external struggles and, ultimately, suggests a way toward redemption."Beth Castrodale, author of In This Ground and Marion Hatley
The writing, very to-the-point, without frills or unnecessary ornaments, is really goodtight, straight, charismatic, atmospheric, drawing me in and dragging me along in a relentless pace through the whole book." Dieter Moitzi Goodreads.com
To save mankind, people of faith must risk their lives, and their very souls. Lord of Order is a remarkable dystopian novel from the imaginative author of Comanche." A.D. Hopkins, author of The Boys Who Woke Up Early

Author Bio

Brett Riley is a professor of English at the College of Southern Nevada. He grew up in southeastern Arkansas and earned his Ph.D. in contemporary American fiction and film at Louisiana State University. The published author of a body of short fiction, and the ghost thriller, "Comanche," Riley has also won numerous awards for screenwriting. Riley lives in Henderson, Nevada.